Psalms 56

1 To the chief Musician. On Jonathelem-rechokim. Of David. Michtam; when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be gracious unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: all the day long fighting he oppresseth me.

TO THE OVERSEER. [SET] ON “A SILENT DOVE FAR OFF.” A MIKTAM OF DAVID, IN THE PHILISTINES’ TAKING HOLD OF HIM IN GATH. Favor me, O God, for man swallowed me up, All the day fighting he oppresses me,

2 Mine enemies would swallow [me] up all the day long; for they are many that fight against me haughtily.

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

3 In the day that I am afraid, I will confide in thee.

[In] the day I am afraid I am confident toward You.

4 In God will I praise his word, in God I put my confidence: I will not fear; what can flesh do unto me?

In God I praise His word, in God I have trusted, I do not fear what flesh does 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, All their thoughts [are] for evil concerning me,

6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves; they mark my steps, because they wait 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.

They escape by iniquity, In anger put down the peoples, O God.

8 Thou countest my wanderings; put my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?

You have counted my wandering, You place my tear in Your bottle, Are they not in Your scroll?

9 Then shall mine enemies return backward in the day when I call: this I know, for God is for me.

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

10 In God will I praise [his] word; in Jehovah will I praise [his] word.

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

11 In God have I put my confidence: I will not fear; what can man do unto me?

In God I trusted, I do not fear what man does to me,

12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render thanks unto thee.

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

13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death; [wilt thou] not [keep] my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

For You have delivered my soul from death, Do You not [keep] my feet from falling? To habitually walk before God in the light of the living!