Psalm 56


Supplication for Deliverance and Grateful Trust in God.

For the choir director; according to 1Jonath elem rehokim. A 2Mikhtam of David, 3when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

Be gracious to me, O God, for man has 4atrampled upon me;
5Fighting all day long he boppresses me.

2
My foes have 1atrampled upon me all day long,
For 2they are many who bfight proudly against me.

3
1When I am aafraid,
2I will bput my trust in You.

4
aIn God, whose word I praise,
In God I have put my trust;
I shall not be afraid.
bWhat can mere 1man do to me?

5
All day long they 1adistort my words;
All their 2bthoughts are against me for evil.

6
They 1aattack, they lurk,
They bwatch my 2steps,
As they have cwaited to take my 3life.

7
Because of wickedness, 1acast them forth,
In anger bput down the peoples, O God!


8
You ahave taken account of my wanderings;
Put my btears in Your bottle.
Are they not in cYour book?

9
Then my enemies will aturn back bin the day when I call;
This I know, 1that cGod is for me.

10
In God, whose word I praise,
In the Lord, whose word I praise,

11
In God I have put my 1trust, I shall not be afraid.
What can man do to me?

12
Your avows are binding upon me, O God;
I will render thank offerings to You.

13
For You have adelivered my soul from death,
1Indeed bmy feet from stumbling,
So that I may cwalk before God
In the dlight of the 2living.
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