Psalms 56

1 For the Chief Musician; set to Jonath elem rehokim. [A Psalm] of David: Michtam: when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: all the day long he fighting oppresseth me.

Unto the end. For the people who have become far removed from the Sacred. Of David, with the inscription of a title, when the Philistines held him in Gath. Have mercy on me, O God, because man has trampled over me. All day long, he has afflicted me by fighting against me.

2 Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long: for they be many that fight proudly against me.

My enemies have trampled over me all day long. For those who make war against me are many.

3 What time I am afraid, I will put my trust in thee.

From the height of the day, I will be afraid. But truly, I will hope in you.

4 In God I will praise his word: in God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; what can flesh do unto me?

In God, I will praise my words. In God, I have put my trust. I will not fear what flesh can do to me.

5 All the day long they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.

All day long, they curse my words. All their intentions are for evil against me.

6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, even as they have waited for my soul.

They will dwell and hide themselves. They will watch my heel, just as they waited for my soul;

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

because of this, nothing will save them. In your anger, you will crush the people.

8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle; are they not in thy book?

O God, I have announced my life to you. You have placed my tears in your sight, and even in your promise.

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

Then my enemies will be turned back. On whatever day that I call upon you, behold, I know that you are my God.

10 In God will I praise [his] word: in the LORD will I praise [his] word.

In God, I will praise the word. In the Lord, I will praise his speech.

11 In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; what can man do unto me?

In God, I have hoped. I will not fear what man can do to me.

12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render thank offerings unto thee.

My vows to you, O God, are in me. I will repay them. Praises be to you.

13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: [hast thou] not [delivered] my feet from falling? that I may walk before God in the light of the living.

For you have rescued my soul from death and my feet from slipping, so that I may be pleasing in the sight of God, in the light of the living.