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Psalms 56

For the choir director: A psalma of David, regarding the time the Philistines seized him in Gath. To be sung to the tune “Dove on Distant Oaks.”

O God, have mercy on me,
for people are hounding me.
My foes attack me all day long.

Be Merciful to Me, God

{To the chief Musician. On Jonathelem-rechokim. Of David. Michtam; when the Philistines took him in Gath.} Be gracious unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: all the day long fighting he oppresseth me.

I am constantly hounded by those who slander me,
and many are boldly attacking me.

Mine enemies would swallow [me] up all the day long; for they are many that fight against me haughtily.

But when I am afraid,
I will put my trust in you.

In the day that I am afraid, I will confide in thee.

I praise God for what he has promised.
I trust in God, so why should I be afraid?
What can mere mortals do to me?

In God will I praise his word, in God I put my confidence: I will not fear; what can flesh do unto me?

They are always twisting what I say;
they spend their days plotting to harm me.

All the day long they wrest my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.

They come together to spy on me —
watching my every step, eager to kill me.

They gather themselves together, they hide themselves; they mark my steps, because they wait for my soul.

Don’t let them get away with their wickedness;
in your anger, O God, bring them down.

Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God.

You keep track of all my sorrows.b
You have collected all my tears in your bottle.
You have recorded each one in your book.

*Thou* countest my wanderings; put my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?

My enemies will retreat when I call to you for help.
This I know: God is on my side!

Then shall mine enemies return backward in the day when I call: this I know, for God is for me.

I praise God for what he has promised;
yes, I praise the LORD for what he has promised.

In God will I praise [his] word; in Jehovah will I praise [his] word.

I trust in God, so why should I be afraid?
What can mere mortals do to me?

In God have I put my confidence: I will not fear; what can man do unto me?

I will fulfill my vows to you, O God,
and will offer a sacrifice of thanks for your help.

Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render thanks unto thee.

For you have rescued me from death;
you have kept my feet from slipping.
So now I can walk in your presence, O God,
in your life-giving light.

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

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