Psalms 56
56
PSALM 56
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
To the chief Musician upon Jonath-elem-rechokim,
Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath.
1Shew mercy, Lord, to me, for man
would swallow me outright;
He me oppresseth, while he doth
against me daily fight.
2They daily would me swallow up
that hate me spitefully;
For they be many that do fight
against me, O most High.
3When I'm afraid I'll trust in thee:
4In God I'll praise his word;
I will not fear what flesh can do,
my trust is in the Lord.
5Each day they wrest my words; their thoughts
'gainst me are all for ill.
6They meet, they lurk, they mark my steps,
waiting my soul to kill.
7But shall they by iniquity
escape thy judgments so?
O God, with indignation down
do thou the people throw.
8My wand'rings all what they have been
thou know'st, their number took;
Into thy bottle put my tears:
are they not in thy book?
9My foes shall, when I cry, turn back;
I know't, God is for me.
10In God his word I'll praise; his word
in God shall praised be.
11In God I trust; I will not fear
what man can do to me.
12Thy vows upon me are, O God:
I'll render praise to thee.
13Wilt thou not, who from death me sav'd,
my feet from falls keep free,
To walk before God in the light
of those that living be?
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Psalms 56
56
To the choirmaster: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.
1Be gracious to me, O God, for men trample upon me;
all day long foemen oppress me;
2my enemies trample upon me all day long,
for many fight against me proudly.
3When I am afraid,
I put my trust in thee.
4In God, whose word I praise,
in God I trust without a fear.
What can flesh do to me?
5All day long they seek to injure my cause;
all their thoughts are against me for evil.
6They band themselves together, they lurk,
they watch my steps.
As they have waited for my life,
7so recompense#56.7 Cn: Heb deliver them for their crime;
in wrath cast down the peoples, O God!
8Thou hast kept count of my tossings;
put thou my tears in thy bottle!
Are they not in thy book?
9Then my enemies will be turned back
in the day when I call.
This I know, that#56.9 Or because God is for me.
10In God, whose word I praise,
in the Lord, whose word I praise,
11in God I trust without a fear.
What can man do to me?
12My vows to thee I must perform, O God;
I will render thank offerings to thee.
13For thou hast delivered my soul from death,
yea, my feet from falling,
that I may walk before God
in the light of life.
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