Psalms 56
1 God, be merciful to me because men have harassed me; all day my enemies pursue me.
in finem pro populo qui a sanctis longe factus est David in tituli inscriptione cum tenuerunt eum Allophili in Geth miserere mei Deus quoniam conculcavit me homo tota die inpugnans tribulavit me
2 My enemies harass me all day long; there are many of them who proudly attack me.
conculcaverunt me inimici mei tota die quoniam multi bellantes adversum me
3 But whenever I am afraid, I trust in you.
ab altitudine diei timebo ego vero in te sperabo
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 Deo laudabo sermones meos in Deo speravi non timebo quid faciat mihi caro
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.
tota die verba mea execrabantur adversum me omnia consilia eorum in malum
6 In order to cause trouble for me, they hide and watch everything that I do, waiting for [an opportunity] to kill me [MTY].
inhabitabunt et abscondent ipsi calcaneum meum observabunt sicut sustinuerunt animam meam
7 So, God, punish them for the wicked things that they are doing; show that you are angry by defeating those people!
pro nihilo salvos facies illos in ira populos confringes Deus
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.
vitam meam adnuntiavi tibi posuisti lacrimas meas in conspectu tuo sicut et in promissione tua
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.
tunc convertentur inimici mei retrorsum in quacumque die invocavero te ecce cognovi quoniam Deus meus es
10 I praise/thank you that you do what you have promised; Yahweh, I [will always] praise you for that [DOU].
in Deo laudabo verbum in Domino laudabo sermonem
11 I trust in you, and as a result, I will not be afraid. I know that humans cannot really [RHQ] harm me!
in Deo speravi non timebo quid faciat mihi homo
12 I will bring to you the offering that I promised; I will bring an offering to you to thank you,
in me sunt Deus vota tua; quae reddam laudationes tibi
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).
quoniam eripuisti animam meam de morte et pedes meos de lapsu ut placeam coram Deo in lumine viventium
