Psalms 56
Prayer for Deliverance and Confidence in God
For the music director, according to The Silent Dove of Distant Lands.
Of David. A miktam.When the Philistines seized him in Gath. ▼
▼The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm; the English verse number is reduced by one
1Be gracious to me, O God, because humankind has trampled me;
fighting all the day he oppresses me.
2My enemies ▼
▼Or “lurking foes”
trample all day,because many are attacking me proudly.
3⌞When⌟ ▼
▼Literally “The day”
I fear, I trust you. 4God, whose word I praise,
God I trust; I do not fear.
What can mere flesh do to me?
5All day they twist my words;
all their thoughts are against me for evil.
6They attack, ▼
▼Or “they stir up strife”
they hide, they watch my ⌞steps⌟, ▼▼Literally “heels”
as they lie in wait for my life.
7Because of iniquity will they escape?
In anger cast down the peoples, O God.
8You have kept count of my wonderings.
Put my tears in your bottle;
are they not in your book?
9Then my enemies will turn back ⌞when⌟ ▼
▼Literally “in the day”
I call. ▼▼i.e., call on God
This I know because ▼
▼Or “that”
God is for me. 10God, whose word I praise,
Yahweh, whose word I praise,
11God I trust; I do not fear.
What can mere humankind do to me?
12My vows to you, O God, are binding upon me.
I will pay thank offerings to you,
13because you have delivered my soul from death.
Have you not kept my feet from stumbling,
that I may walk before God
in the light of the living?
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