Psalms 56
1 For the music director. According to “Dove on Distant Oaks.” A psalm (miktam) of David concerning the time the Philistines captured him in Gath. God, please be gracious to me, for people are persecuting me; my attackers fight against me all day long.
In finem, pro populo qui a sanctis longe factus est. David in tituli inscriptionem, cum tenuerunt eum Allophyli in Geth. [Miserere mei, Deus, quoniam conculcavit me homo; tota die impugnans, tribulavit me.
2 My enemies chase me down all the time—there are many of them, attacking me in their arrogance.
Conculcaverunt me inimici mei tota die, quoniam multi bellantes adversum me.
3 But when I'm afraid, I trust in you.
Ab altitudine diei timebo: ego vero in te sperabo.
4 I thank God for his promises. I trust in God, so why should I be fearful? What can mere human beings do to me?
In Deo laudabo sermones meos; in Deo speravi: non timebo quid faciat mihi caro.
5 They constantly twist my words against me; they spend all their time thinking of evil things to do to me.
Tota die verba mea execrabantur; adversum me omnes cogitationes eorum in malum.
6 They gather together in their hiding places to keep watch on me, hoping to kill me.
Inhabitabunt, et abscondent; ipsi calcaneum meum observabunt. Sicut sustinuerunt animam meam,
7 Will they escape when they do so much evil? God, in anger bring these people down!
pro nihilo salvos facies illos; in ira populos confringes.
8 You've kept track of all my wanderings. You've collected all my tears in your bottle. You've kept a record of each one.
Deus, vitam meam annuntiavi tibi; posuisti lacrimas meas in conspectu tuo, sicut et in promissione tua:
9 Then those who hate me will run away when I call for your help. For I know this: God is for me!
tunc convertentur inimici mei retrorsum. In quacumque die invocavero te, ecce cognovi quoniam Deus meus es.
10 I thank God for his promises. I thank the Lord for his promises.
In Deo laudabo verbum; in Domino laudabo sermonem.
11 I trust in God, so why should I be fearful? What can mere human beings do to me?
In Deo speravi: non timebo quid faciat mihi homo.
12 God, I will keep my promises to you. I will give thank offerings to you,
In me sunt, Deus, vota tua, quæ reddam, laudationes tibi:
13 for you have saved me from death and kept me from falling. Now I walk in the presence of God, in the light that gives life.
quoniam eripuisti animam meam de morte, et pedes meos de lapsu, ut placeam coram Deo in lumine viventium.
