The Psalms

Psalm 56

For the Chief Musician; set to Jonath elem rehokim. A Psalm of David. Michtam: when the Philistines took him in Gath.

 ^56:1Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up:

 All the day long he fighting oppresseth me.

 ^56:2Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long;

 For they are many that fight proudly against me.

 ^56:3What time I am afraid,

 I will put my trust in thee.

 ^56:4In God (I will praise his word),

 In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid;

 What can flesh do unto me?

 ^56:5All the day long they wrest my words:

 All their thoughts are against me for evil.

 ^56:6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves,

 They mark my steps,

 Even as they have waited for my soul.

 ^56:7Shall they escape by iniquity?

 In anger cast down the peoples, O God.

 ^56:8Thou numberest my wanderings:

 Put thou my tears into thy bottle;

 Are they not in thy book?

 ^56:9Then shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call:

 This I know, that God is for me.

 ^56:10In God (I will praise his word),

 In Jehovah (I will praise his word),

 ^56:11In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid;

 What can man do unto me?

 ^56:12Thy vows are upon me, O God:

 I will render thank-offerings unto thee.

 ^56:13For thou hast delivered my soul from death:

 Hast thou not delivered my feet from falling,

 That I may walk before God

 In the light of the living?