Psalm 56

In God I Trust

¹Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me;[#Ps. 57:1; Ps. 4:1; #Ps. 57:3]

all day long an attacker oppresses me;

²my enemies trample on me all day long,

for many attack me proudly.

³When I am afraid,

I put my trust in you.

⁴In God, whose word I praise,

in God I trust; I shall not be afraid.

What can flesh do to me?

⁵All day long they injure my cause;[#56:5 Or they twist my words]

all their thoughts are against me for evil.

⁶They stir up strife, they lurk;[#Ps. 59:3; 140:2; Isa. 54:15; #Ps. 10:8]

they watch my steps,

as they have waited for my life.

⁷For their crime will they escape?

In wrath cast down the peoples, O God!

⁸You have kept count of my tossings;[#56:8 Or wanderings]

put my tears in your bottle.

Are they not in your book?

⁹Then my enemies will turn back

in the day when I call.

This I know, that God is for me.

¹⁰In God, whose word I praise,

in the Lord , whose word I praise,

¹¹in God I trust; I shall not be afraid.[#4]

What can man do to me?

¹²I must perform my vows to you, O God;[#Ps. 50:14]

I will render thank offerings to you.

¹³For you have delivered my soul from death,[#Ps. 49:15; 116:8]

yes, my feet from falling,

that I may walk before God

in the light of life.