Psalms 56
1 God, be merciful to me because men have harassed me; all day my enemies pursue 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 My enemies harass me all day long; there are many of them who proudly attack me.
My enemies have swallowed up all the day, For many [are] fighting against me, O Most High,
3 But whenever I am afraid, I trust in you.
[In] the day I am afraid I am confident toward You.
4 God, I praise/thank you because you do what you have promised; I trust in you, and then I am not afraid. Ordinary humans certainly cannot [RHQ] harm me!
In God I praise His word, in God I have trusted, I do not fear what flesh does to me.
5 All day long my enemies claim that I said things that I did not say (OR, try to destroy what I am doing); they are always thinking of ways to harm me.
All the day they wrest my words, All their thoughts [are] for evil concerning me,
6 In order to cause trouble for me, they hide and watch everything that I do, waiting for [an opportunity] to kill me [MTY].
They assemble, they hide, they watch my heels, When they have expected my soul.
7 So, God, punish them for the wicked things that they are doing; show that you are angry by defeating those people!
They escape by iniquity, In anger put down the peoples, O God.
8 You have counted [all] the times that I have been wandering alone/distressed; [it is as though] you have put [all] my tears in a bottle [in order that you can see how much I have cried]. [You have counted my tears and written] the number in your book.
You have counted my wandering, You place my tear in Your bottle, Are they not in Your scroll?
9 When I call out to you, [my] God, my enemies will be defeated; I know that will happen, because you are fighting for me.
Then turn back my enemies in the day I call. This I have known, that God [is] for me.
10 I praise/thank you that you do what you have promised; Yahweh, I [will always] praise you for that [DOU].
In God I praise the word, In YHWH I praise the word.
11 I trust in you, and as a result, I will not be afraid. I know that humans cannot really [RHQ] harm me!
In God I trusted, I do not fear what man does to me,
12 I will bring to you the offering that I promised; I will bring an offering to you to thank you,
On me, O God, [are] Your vows, I repay thank-offerings to You.
13 because you have rescued me from being killed; you have kept me from stumbling. As a result, I will continue to live in your presence in the light that [shines on those who are still] alive (OR, in the light that [enables people to] live).
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!
