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.

Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresses me.

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

Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O you most High.

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

What time I am afraid, I will trust 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 his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.

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

Every day they shift my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.

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

They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.

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

Shall they escape by iniquity? in your anger cast down the people, O God.

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

You tell my wanderings: put you my tears into your bottle: are they not in your book?

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

When I cry unto you, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.

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

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

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

In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.

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

Your vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto 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 delivered my soul from death: will not you deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?