Psalms 56

PSALM 56

Supplication for Deliverance and Grateful Trust in God.

For the choir director; according to Jonath elem rehokim. A Mikhtam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

1Be gracious to me, O God, for man has trampled upon me;

Fighting all day long he oppresses me.

2My foes have trampled upon me all day long,

For they are many who fight proudly against me.

3When I am afraid,

I will put my trust in You.

4In God, whose word I praise,

In God I have put my trust;

I shall not be afraid.

What can mere man do to me?

5All day long they distort my words;[#Or trouble my affairs]

All their thoughts are against me for evil.

6They attack, they lurk,[#Or stir up strife]

They watch my steps,

As they have waited to take my life.

7Because of wickedness, cast them forth,

In anger put down the peoples, O God!

8You have taken account of my 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 have put my trust, I shall not be afraid.[#Or trust without fear]

What can man do to me?

12Your vows are binding upon me, O God;

I will render thank offerings to You.

13For You have delivered my soul from death,

Indeed my feet from stumbling,

So that I may walk before God

In the light of the living.

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