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. — 'On the Dumb Dove far off.' — A secret treasure of David, in the Philistines' taking hold of him in Gath. Favour me, O God, for man swallowed me up, All the day fighting he oppresseth me,

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

Mine 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.

The day I am afraid I am confident toward 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 praise His word, in God I have trusted, I fear not what flesh doth 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, Concerning me all their thoughts [are] for evil,

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.

By iniquity they escape, In anger the peoples put down, O God.

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

My wandering Thou hast counted, Thou — place Thou my tear in Thy bottle, Are they not in Thy book?

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

Then turn back do mine 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 Jehovah I praise the word.

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

In God I trusted, I fear not what man doth to me,

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

On me, O God, [are] Thy vows, I repay thank-offerings 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!

For Thou hast delivered my soul from death, Dost Thou not my feet from falling? To walk habitually before God in the light of the living!