Psalms 56

1 For the leader. On jonath elem rehokim. Of David. A michtam, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. O God, be gracious to me, for people trample upon me, all the day righting and pressing 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 All the day enemies trample me; many there be who contend with me bitterly.

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

3 In the day of my terror I trust in you.

The day I am afraid I am confident toward Thee.

4 In God I maintain my cause, in God I fearlessly trust. What can flesh do to me?

In God I praise His word, in God I have trusted, I fear not what flesh doth to me.

5 They torture me all the day, they ceaselessly plan to hurt me,

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

6 banded together in secret, watching my every step, as those who hope for my death.

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

7 Pay them out for their sin, O God, hurl down the strong in your anger.

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

8 You yourself count my wanderings. Put in your bottle my tears are they not in your book?

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

9 Then shall my foes be turned back in the day that I call. Of this I am sure, because 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 maintain my cause, in the Lord I maintain my cause.

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

11 In God I fearlessly trust, what can people do to me?

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

12 Your vows are upon me, O God, I will render thank-offerings to you;

On me, O God, [are] Thy vows, I repay thank-offerings to Thee.

13 because you have saved me from death, my feet from stumbling, to the end that I 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!