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,

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

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

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

[In] the day I am afraid I am confident toward 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 praise His word, in God I have trusted, I do not fear what flesh does to me.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9 Then turn back my enemies in the day I call. This I have known, that 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 I praise the word, In YHWH I praise the word.

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

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

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

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

On me, O God, [are] Your vows, I repay thank-offerings 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 delivered my soul from death, Do You not [keep] my feet from falling? To habitually walk before God in the light of the living!