Psalms 56

1 Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresses me.

To the Overseer. — 'On the Dumb Dove far off.' — A secret treasure of David, in the Philistines' taking hold of him in Gath. Favour me, O God, for man swallowed me up, All the day fighting he oppresseth me,

2 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O you most High.

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

3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in you.

The day I am afraid I am confident toward Thee.

4 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.

In God I praise His word, in God I have trusted, I fear not what flesh doth to me.

5 Every day they shift my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.

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

6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when 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 your anger cast down the people, O God.

By iniquity they escape, In anger the peoples put down, O God.

8 You tell my wanderings: put you my tears into your bottle: are they not in your book?

My wandering Thou hast counted, Thou — place Thou my tear in Thy bottle, Are they not in Thy book?

9 When I cry unto you, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.

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

10 In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word.

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

11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.

In God I trusted, I fear not what man doth to me,

12 Your vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto you.

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

13 For you have delivered my soul from death: will not you deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

For Thou hast delivered my soul from death, Dost Thou not my feet from falling? To walk habitually before God in the light of the living!