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 Chief Musician. To the tune of “Silent Dove in Distant Lands.” A poem by David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.

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

My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me.

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

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

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

All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.

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

They conspire and lurk, watching my steps. They are eager to take my life.

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

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

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

You count my wanderings. You put my tears into your container. Aren’t they 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 my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this: that God is for me.

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

In God, I will praise his word. In the LORD, I will praise his word.

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

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

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

Your vows are on me, God. I will give 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.

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.