Psalms 56

1 Unto the end. For the people who have become far removed from the Sacred. Of David, with the inscription of a title, when the Philistines held him in Gath. Have mercy on me, O God, because man has trampled over me. All day long, he has afflicted me by fighting against me.

For the leader. On jonath elem rehokim. Of David. A michtam, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. O God, be gracious to me, for people trample upon me, all the day righting and pressing me.

2 My enemies have trampled over me all day long. For those who make war against me are many.

All the day enemies trample me; many there be who contend with me bitterly.

3 From the height of the day, I will be afraid. But truly, I will hope in you.

In the day of my terror I trust in you.

4 In God, I will praise my words. In God, I have put my trust. I will not fear what flesh can do to me.

In God I maintain my cause, in God I fearlessly trust. What can flesh do to me?

5 All day long, they curse my words. All their intentions are for evil against me.

They torture me all the day, they ceaselessly plan to hurt me,

6 They will dwell and hide themselves. They will watch my heel, just as they waited for my soul;

banded together in secret, watching my every step, as those who hope for my death.

7 because of this, nothing will save them. In your anger, you will crush the people.

Pay them out for their sin, O God, hurl down the strong in your anger.

8 O God, I have announced my life to you. You have placed my tears in your sight, and even in your promise.

You yourself count my wanderings. Put in your bottle my tears are they not in your book?

9 Then my enemies will be turned back. On whatever day that I call upon you, behold, I know that you are my God.

Then shall my foes be turned back in the day that I call. Of this I am sure, because God is for me.

10 In God, I will praise the word. In the Lord, I will praise his speech.

In God I maintain my cause, in the Lord I maintain my cause.

11 In God, I have hoped. I will not fear what man can do to me.

In God I fearlessly trust, what can people do to me?

12 My vows to you, O God, are in me. I will repay them. Praises be to you.

Your vows are upon me, O God, I will render thank-offerings to you;

13 For you have rescued my soul from death and my feet from slipping, so that I may be pleasing in the sight of God, in the light of the living.

because you have saved me from death, my feet from stumbling, to the end that I walk before God in the light of the living.