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 inscriptione cum tenuerunt eum Allophili in Geth miserere mei Deus quoniam conculcavit me homo tota die inpugnans 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 omnia consilia 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 Deus
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.
vitam meam adnuntiavi 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; quae 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
