Psalms 56

1 Unto the end, for a people that is removed at a distance from the sanctuary for David, for an inscription of a title (or pillar) when the Philistines held him in Geth. Have mercy on me, O God, for man hath trodden me under foot; all the day long he hath afflicted me fighting against 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 My enemies have trodden on me all the day long; for they are many that make war against me.

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

3 From the height of the day I shall fear: but I will trust in thee.

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

4 In God I will praise my words, in God I have put my trust: I will not fear what flesh can do against 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 detested my words: all their thoughts were against me unto evil.

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

6 They will dwell and hide themselves: they will watch my heel. As they have waited for my soul,

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

7 For nothing shalt thou save them: in thy anger thou shalt break the people in pieces, O God,

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

8 I have declared to thee my life: thou hast set my tears in thy sight, As also in thy promise.

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

9 Then shall my enemies be turned back. In what day soever I shall call upon thee, behold I know thou art my God.

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 the word, in the Lord will I praise his speech.

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

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

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

12 In me, O God, are vows to thee, which I will pay, praises to thee:

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

13 Because thou hast delivered my soul from death, my feet from falling: that I may please in the sight of 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!