Psalms 56

1 To the chief Musician upon Jonath-elem-rechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily 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 daily swallow [me] up: for [they be] many that fight against me, O thou most High.

My 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 thee.

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

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 do not fear what flesh does to me.

5 Every day 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, 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 [thine] anger cast down the people, O God.

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

8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou 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 When I cry [unto thee], then shall mine enemies turn back: 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 the LORD will I praise [his] word.

In God I praise the word, In YHWH 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 do not fear what man does to me,

12 Thy vows [are] upon me, O God: I will render praises 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] not [thou deliver] 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!