Psalms 56

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

To the Overseer. — 'On the Dumb Dove far off.' — A secret treasure of David, in the Philistines' taking hold of him in Gath. Favour me, O God, for man swallowed me up, All the day fighting he oppresseth me,

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

Mine enemies have swallowed up all the day, For many [are] fighting against me, O most High,

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

The day I am afraid I am confident toward Thee.

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 praise His word, in God I have trusted, I fear not what flesh doth to me.

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

All the day they wrest my words, Concerning me all their thoughts [are] for evil,

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

They assemble, they hide, they watch my heels, When they have expected my soul.

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

By iniquity they escape, In anger the peoples put down, O God.

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

My wandering Thou hast counted, Thou — place Thou my tear in Thy bottle, Are they not in Thy book?

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

Then turn back do mine enemies in the day I call. This I have known, that God [is] for me.

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

In God I praise the word, In Jehovah I praise the word.

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

In God I trusted, I fear not what man doth to me,

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

On me, O God, [are] Thy vows, I repay thank-offerings to Thee.

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 Thou hast delivered my soul from death, Dost Thou not my feet from falling? To walk habitually before God in the light of the living!