Psalms 56

1 Be merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up. Fighting all the day long he oppresses me.

For the end, concerning the people that were removed from the sanctuary, by David for a memorial, when the Philistines caught him in Geth. Have mercy upon me, O God; for man has trodden me down; all the day long he warring has afflicted me.

2 My enemies would swallow me up all the day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me.

Mine enemies have trodden me down all the day from the dawning of the day; for there are many warring against me.

3 What time I am afraid, I will put my trust in thee.

They shall be afraid, but I will trust in you.

4 In God I will praise his word. In God I have put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?

In God I will praise my words; all the day have I hoped in God; I will not fear what flesh shall do to me.

5 All the day long they wrest my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.

All the day long they have abominated my words; all their devices [are] against me for evil.

6 They gather themselves together. They hide themselves. They mark my steps, even as they have waited for my soul.

They will dwell near and hide [themselves]; they will watch my steps, accordingly as I have waited patiently in my soul.

7 Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God.

You will on no account save them; you will bring down the people in wrath.

8 Thou number my wanderings. Put thou my tears into thy bottle. Are they not in thy book?

O God, I have declared my life to you; you has set my tears before you, even according to your promise.

9 Then shall my enemies turn back in the day that I call. This I know, that God is for me.

Mine enemies shall be turned back, in the day wherein I shall call upon you; behold, I know that you are my God.

10 In God I will praise his word. In Jehovah I will praise his word.

In God, will I praise [his] word; in the Lord will I praise [his] saying.

11 In God I have put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

I have hoped in God; I will not be afraid of what man shall do to me.

12 Thy vows are upon me, O God. I will render thank offerings to thee.

The vows of your praise, O God, which I will pay, are upon me.

13 For thou have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.

For you have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from sliding, that I should be well-pleasing before God in the land of the living.