< 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 a people that is removed at a distance from the sanctuary for David, for an inscription of a title (or pillar) when the Philistines held him in Geth. Have mercy on me, O God, for man hath trodden me under foot; all the day long he hath afflicted me fighting against me.
2 My enemies have swallowed up all the day, For many [are] fighting against me, O Most High,
My enemies have trodden on me all the day long; for they are many that make war against me.
3 [In] the day I am afraid I am confident toward You.
From the height of the day I shall fear: 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, in God I have put my trust: I will not fear what flesh can do against me.
5 All the day they wrest my words, All their thoughts [are] for evil concerning me,
All the day long they detested my words: all their thoughts were against me unto evil.
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. As they have waited for my soul,
7 They escape by iniquity, In anger put down the peoples, O God.
For nothing shalt thou save them: in thy anger thou shalt break the people in pieces, O God,
8 You have counted my wandering, You place my tear in Your bottle, Are they not in Your scroll?
I have declared to thee my life: thou hast set my tears in thy sight, As also in thy promise.
9 Then turn back my enemies in the day I call. This I have known, that God [is] for me.
Then shall my enemies be turned back. In what day soever I shall call upon thee, behold I know thou art my God.
10 In God I praise the word, In YHWH I praise the word.
In God will I praise the word, in the Lord will I praise his speech.
11 In God I trusted, I do not fear what man does to me,
In God have I 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.
In me, O God, are vows to thee, which I will pay, praises to thee:
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!
Because thou hast delivered my soul from death, my feet from falling: that I may please in the sight of God, in the light of the living.

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