Psalms 56

1 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,

For the end, concerning the people that were removed from the sanctuary, by David for a memorial, when the Philistines caught him in Geth. Have mercy upon me, O God; for man has trodden me down; all the day long he warring has afflicted me.

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

Mine enemies have trodden me down all the day from the dawning of the day; for there are many warring against me.

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

They shall be afraid, but I will trust in thee.

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

In God I will praise my words; all the day have I hoped in God; I will not fear what flesh shall do to me.

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

All the day long they have abominated my words; all their devices [are] against me for evil.

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

They will dwell near and hide [themselves]; they will watch my steps, accordingly as I have waited patiently in my soul.

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

Thou wilt on no account save them; thou wilt bring down the people in wrath.

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

O God, I have declared my life to thee; thou has set my tears before thee, even according to thy promise.

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

Mine enemies shall be turned back, in the day wherein I shall call upon thee; behold, I know that thou art my God.

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

In God, will I praise [his] word; in the Lord will I praise [his] saying.

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

I have hoped in God; I will not be afraid of what man shall do to me.

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

The vows of thy praise, O God, which I will pay, are upon me.

13 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!

For thou hast delivered my soul from death, and my feet from sliding, that I should be well-pleasing before God in the land of the living.