Psalm 56

In God I Trust

To the choirmaster: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

1  Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me;
all day long an attacker oppresses me;
2  my enemies trample on me all day long,
for many attack me proudly.
3  When I am afraid,
I put my trust in you.
4  In God, whose word I praise,
in God I trust; I shall not be afraid.
What can flesh do to me?

5  All day long they injure my cause;t
all their thoughts are against me for evil.
6  They stir up strife, they lurk;
they watch my steps,
as they have waited for my life.
7  For their crime will they escape?
In wrath cast down the peoples, O God!

8  You have kept count of my tossings;t
put my tears in your bottle.
Are they not in your book?
9  Then my enemies will turn back
in the day when I call.
This I know, thatt God is for me.
10  In God, whose word I praise,
in the Lord, whose word I praise,
11  in God I trust; I shall not be afraid.
What can man do to me?

12  I must perform my vows to you, O God;
I will render thank offerings to you.
13  For you have delivered my soul from death,
yes, my feet from falling,
that I may walk before God
in the light of life.

Psalm 56

1 Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: All the day long he fighting oppresseth me.

2 Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; For they are many that fight proudly against me.

3 What time I am afraid, I will put my trust in thee.

4 In God (I will praise his word), In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can flesh do unto me?

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

6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.

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

8 Thou numberest my wanderings: Put thou my tears into thy bottle; Are they not in thy book?

9 Then shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call: This I know, that God is for me.

10 In God (I will praise his word), In Jehovah (I will praise his word),

11 In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can man do unto me?

12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render thank-offerings unto thee.

13 For 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?