Psalms 56

1 To the chief Musician upon Jonathelem-rechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be merciful to me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily 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 My enemies would daily swallow [me] up: for [they are] many that fight against me, O thou Most High.

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

3 In the time when I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

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

4 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do to me.

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

5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts [are] against me for evil.

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

6 They assemble themselves, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.

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

7 Shall they escape by iniquity; in [thy] anger cast down the people, O God.

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

8 Thou numberest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: [are they] not in thy book?

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

9 When I cry [to thee], then shall my enemies turn back: this I know; for God [is] for me.

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

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

11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do to me.

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

12 Thy vows [are] upon me, O God: I will render praises to thee.

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

13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: [wilt thou] not [deliver] my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

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!