Psalms 56

1 To the Chief Musician. Upon "The Dove of God from the distant Sea." David’s. A precious Psalm. When the Philistines seized him in Gath. Show me favour, O God, For weak man hath panted for me, All the day, a fighter oppresseth me:

TO THE OVERSEER. [SET] ON “A SILENT DOVE FAR OFF.” A MIKTAM OF DAVID, IN THE PHILISTINES’ TAKING HOLD OF HIM IN GATH. Favor me, O God, for man swallowed me up, All the day fighting he oppresses me,

2 Mine adversaries have panted all the day, For, many, are fighting with me, loftily.

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

3 What day I am afraid, I, unto thee will direct my confidence.

[In] the day I am afraid I am confident toward You.

4 In God, I will praise his cause, —In God, have I trusted, I will not fear, What can flesh do unto me?

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

5 All the day, they wrest, my words, Against me, all their devices are for mischief;

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

6 They stir up strife—they lie hid, They, mark my steps, —Seeing they have waited for my life.

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

7 Because of iniquity, recompense thou them, —In anger, bring thou down, the peoples, O God.

They escape by iniquity, In anger put down the peoples, O God.

8 My wandering, hast, thou, recorded, —Put thou my tears in thy bottle, Are they not in thy record?

You have counted my wandering, You place my tear in Your bottle, Are they not in Your scroll?

9 Then, shall my foes turn back, in the day I cry, This, I know, for God is mine!

Then turn back my enemies in the day I call. This I have known, that God [is] for me.

10 In God, will I praise with good cause: In Yahweh, will I praise with good cause;

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

11 In God, have I trusted, I will not fear, What can a son of earth do unto me!

In God I trusted, I do not fear what man does to me,

12 Upon me, O God, are thy vows, I will pay back praises unto thee.

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

13 For thou hast rescued my soul from death, Wilt thou not [rescue] my feet from stumbling? That I may walk to and fro, before God, In the light of life.

For You have delivered my soul from death, Do You not [keep] my feet from falling? To habitually walk before God in the light of the living!