In God I Trust, I Shall Not Be Afraid

¹Be gracious to me, O God, for man has trampled upon me;[#56:1 Or snapped at]

All day long, an attacker oppresses me.

²My foes have trampled upon me all day long,[#56:2 Or snapped at]

For many attack me proudly.

³When I am afraid,[#56:3 Lit In the day]

I will trust in You.

⁴In God, whose word I praise,

In God I trust;

I shall not be afraid.

What can mere man do to me?

⁵All day long they distort my words;[#56:5 Or trouble my affairs]

All their thoughts are against me for evil.

⁶They attack, they lurk,[#56:6 Or stir up strife]

They watch my heels,

As they have hoped to take my life.

⁷On account of their wickedness, will they have an escape?

In anger, bring down the peoples, O God!

⁸¶You 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 Yahweh, whose word I praise,

¹¹In God I trust, I shall not be afraid.[#56:11 Or trust without fear]

What can man do to me?

¹²Your vows are binding upon me, O God;

I will fulfill thank offerings to You.

¹³For You have delivered my soul from death,[#56:13 Or Have You not delivered]

Indeed my feet from stumbling,

So that I may walk before God

In the light of the living.