Psalms 56
Chapter 56 of 150
1 Trust in God. For the director. According to Yonath elem rehoqim. A miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him at Gath.
2 Have mercy on me, God, for I am treated harshly; attackers press me all the day.
3 My foes treat me harshly all the day; yes, many are my attackers. O Most High,
4 when I am afraid, in you I place my trust.
5 I praise the word of God; I trust in God, I do not fear. What can mere flesh do to me?
6 All the day they foil my plans; their every thought is of evil against me.
7 They hide together in ambush; they watch my every step; they lie in wait for my life.
8 They are evil; watch them, God! Cast the nations down in your anger!
9 My wanderings you have noted; are my tears not stored in your flask, recorded in your book?
10 My foes turn back when I call on you. This I know: God is on my side.
11 I praise the word of God, I praise the word of the Lord.
12 In God I trust, I do not fear. What can man do to me?
13 I have made vows to you, God; with offerings I will fulfill them,
14 For you have snatched me from death, kept my feet from stumbling, That I may walk before God in the light of the living.