< 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:
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 adversaries have panted all the day, For, many, are fighting with me, loftily.
All the day enemies trample me; many there be who contend with me bitterly.
3 What day I am afraid, I, unto thee will direct my confidence.
In the day of my terror I trust in 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 maintain my cause, in God I fearlessly trust. What can flesh do to me?
5 All the day, they wrest, my words, Against me, all their devices are for mischief;
They torture me all the day, they ceaselessly plan to hurt me,
6 They stir up strife—they lie hid, They, mark my steps, —Seeing they have waited for my life.
banded together in secret, watching my every step, as those who hope for my death.
7 Because of iniquity, recompense thou them, —In anger, bring thou down, the peoples, O God.
Pay them out for their sin, O God, hurl down the strong in your anger.
8 My wandering, hast, thou, recorded, —Put thou my tears in thy bottle, Are they not in thy record?
You yourself count my wanderings. Put in your bottle my tears are they not in your book?
9 Then, shall my foes turn back, in the day I cry, This, I know, for God is mine!
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 with good cause: In Yahweh, will I praise with good cause;
In God I maintain my cause, in the Lord I maintain my cause.
11 In God, have I trusted, I will not fear, What can a son of earth do unto me!
In God I fearlessly trust, what can people do to me?
12 Upon me, O God, are thy vows, I will pay back praises unto thee.
Your vows are upon me, O God, I will render 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.
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.

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