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.

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.

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

All the day enemies trample me; many there be who contend with me bitterly.

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

In the day of my terror I 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 maintain my cause, in God I fearlessly trust. What can flesh do to me?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

You yourself count my wanderings. Put in your bottle my tears 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.

Then shall my foes be turned back in the day that I call. Of this I am sure, because God is for me.

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

In God I maintain my cause, in the Lord I maintain my cause.

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

In God I fearlessly trust, what can people do to 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 thank-offerings 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.

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.