Psalms 56

1 [For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Silent Dove in Distant Lands." A poem by David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.] Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.

Bodi mi usmiljen, oh Bog, kajti človek me hoče požreti, borben je, dnevno me zatira.

2 My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me.

Moji sovražniki me hočejo vsak dan požreti, kajti mnogo jih je, ki se borijo zoper mene, oh ti Najvišji.

3 When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.

Kadar sem prestrašen, bom zaupal vate.

4 In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?

V Bogu bom hvalil njegovo besedo, v Boga sem položil svoje trdno upanje; ne bom se bal, kaj mi more storiti meso.

5 All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.

Vsak dan pačijo moje besede. Vse njihove misli so zoper mene za zlo.

6 They conspire and lurk, watching my steps, they are eager to take my life.

Zbirajo se skupaj, skrivajo se, gledajo moje korake, ko čakajo na mojo dušo.

7 Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, God.

Ali bodo pobegnili s krivičnostjo? V svoji jezi potri ljudstva, oh Bog.

8 You number my wanderings. You put my tears into your bottle. Aren't they in your book?

Ti pripoveduješ o mojih tavanjih. Moje solze si polagaš v svoj meh. Mar niso v tvoji knjigi?

9 Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this, that God is for me.

Ko kličem k tebi, potem se bodo moji sovražniki obrnili proč. To vem, kajti Bog je zame.

10 In God, I will praise his word. In YHWH, I will praise his word.

V Bogu bom hvalil njegovo besedo. V Gospodu bom hvalil njegovo besedo.

11 I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

V Boga sem položil svoje trdno upanje; ne bom se bal, kaj mi lahko stori človek.

12 Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you.

Tvoje zaobljube so nad menoj, oh Bog, povrnil ti bom hvalnice.

13 For you have delivered my soul from death, and prevented my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.

Kajti mojo dušo si osvobodil pred smrtjo. Mar mojih stopal ne boš osvobodil pred padcem, da lahko hodim pred Bogom v svetlobi živih?