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,

Unto the end. For the people who have become far removed from the Sacred. Of David, with the inscription of a title, when the Philistines held him in Gath. Have mercy on me, O God, because man has trampled over me. All day long, he has afflicted me by fighting against me.

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

My enemies have trampled over me all day long. For those who make war against me are many.

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

From the height of the day, I will be afraid. But truly, I will hope in you.

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. In God, I have put my trust. I will not fear what flesh can do to me.

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

All day long, they curse my words. All their intentions are for evil against me.

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

They will dwell and hide themselves. They will watch my heel, just as they waited for my soul;

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

because of this, nothing will save them. In your anger, you will crush the people.

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

O God, I have announced my life to you. You have placed my tears in your sight, and even in your promise.

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

Then my enemies will be turned back. On whatever day that I call upon you, behold, I know that you are my God.

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

In God, I will praise the word. In the Lord, I will praise his speech.

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

In God, I have hoped. I will not fear what man can do to me.

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

My vows to you, O God, are in me. I will repay them. Praises be to you.

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 you have rescued my soul from death and my feet from slipping, so that I may be pleasing in the sight of God, in the light of the living.