< Psalms 56 >

1 To the Overseer. — 'On the Dumb Dove far off.' — A secret treasure of David, in the Philistines' taking hold of him in Gath. Favour me, O God, for man swallowed me up, All the day fighting he oppresseth me,
God, be merciful to me because men have harassed me; all day my enemies pursue me.
2 Mine enemies have swallowed up all the day, For many [are] fighting against me, O most High,
My enemies harass me all day long; there are many of them who proudly attack me.
3 The day I am afraid I am confident toward Thee.
But whenever I am afraid, I trust in you.
4 In God I praise His word, in God I have trusted, I fear not what flesh doth to me.
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!
5 All the day they wrest my words, Concerning me all their thoughts [are] for evil,
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.
6 They assemble, they hide, they watch my heels, When they have expected my soul.
In order to cause trouble for me, they hide and watch everything that I do, waiting for [an opportunity] to kill me [MTY].
7 By iniquity they escape, In anger the peoples put down, O God.
So, God, punish them for the wicked things that they are doing; show that you are angry by defeating those people!
8 My wandering Thou hast counted, Thou — place Thou my tear in Thy bottle, Are they not in Thy book?
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.
9 Then turn back do mine enemies in the day I call. This I have known, that God [is] for me.
When I call out to you, [my] God, my enemies will be defeated; I know that will happen, because you are fighting for me.
10 In God I praise the word, In Jehovah I praise the word.
I praise/thank you that you do what you have promised; Yahweh, I [will always] praise you for that [DOU].
11 In God I trusted, I fear not what man doth to me,
I trust in you, and as a result, I will not be afraid. I know that humans cannot really [RHQ] harm me!
12 On me, O God, [are] Thy vows, I repay thank-offerings to Thee.
I will bring to you the offering that I promised; I will bring an offering to you to thank you,
13 For Thou hast delivered my soul from death, Dost Thou not my feet from falling? To walk habitually before God in the light of the living!
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).

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