Psalm Chapter 56 Back NextPsalm 56 For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Silent
Dove in Distant Lands." A poem by
David, when the Philistines seized him in
Gath.
{56:1} Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.
{56:2} My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me.
{56:3} When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.
{56:4} In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can
flesh do to me?
{56:5} All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.
{56:6} They conspire and lurk, watching my steps, they are eager to take my life.
{56:7} Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, God.
{56:8} You number my wanderings. You put my tears into your
bottle. Aren't they in your book?
{56:9} Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this, that God is for me.
{56:10} In God, I will praise his word. In Yahweh, I will praise his word.
{56:11} I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
{56:12} Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you.
{56:13} For you have delivered my soul from
death, and prevented my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.
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