Psalms 56
56
Trusting in God
For the Pure and Shining One
King David’s golden song of instruction composed when the Philistines captured him in Gath To the tune of “The Oppression of the Princes to Come” # 56 Or “the distant dove of silence.” David was no more than twenty-two years old when he composed this psalm.
1Lord, show me your kindness and mercy,
for these men oppose and oppress me all day long.
2Not a day goes by without somebody harassing me.
So many in their pride trample me under their feet. # 56:2 The Septuagint reads “They war with me in the high places.”
3But in the day that I’m afraid, I lay all my fears before you
and trust in you with all my heart.
4What harm could a man bring to me?
With God on my side, I will not be afraid of what comes.
The roaring praises of God fill my heart
as I trust his promises.
5Day after day cruel critics distort my words;
constantly they plot my collapse.
6They lurk in the dark, waiting, spying on my movements in secret
to take me by surprise, ready to take my life.
7They don’t deserve to get away with this!
Look at their wickedness, their injustice, Lord.
In your fierce anger cast them down to defeat.
8You’ve kept track of all my wandering and my weeping.
You’ve stored my many tears in your bottle—not one will be lost.
For they are all recorded in your book of remembrance. # 56:8 See Mal. 3:16.
9The very moment I call to you for a father’s help
the tide of battle turns and my enemies flee.
This one thing I know: God is on my side!
10I trust in the Lord. And I praise him!
I trust in the Word of God. And I praise him!
11What harm could man do to me?
With God on my side, I will not be afraid of what comes.
My heart overflows with praise to God and for his promises.
I will always trust in him.
12So I’m thanking you with all my heart,
with gratitude for all you’ve done.
I will do everything I’ve promised you, Lord.
13For you have saved my soul from death
and my feet from stumbling
so that I can walk before the Lord
bathed in his life-giving light. # 56:13 Or “in his fields of life.”
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56
For the Chief Musician; set to Jonath elem rehokim. A Psalm of David: Michtam: When the Philistines took him in Gath.
1Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up:
All the day long he fighting oppresseth me.
2Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long:
For they be many that fight proudly against me.
3What time I am afraid,
I will put my trust in thee.
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?
5All the day long they wrest my words:
All their thoughts are against me for evil.
6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves,
They mark my steps,
Even as they have waited for my soul.
7Shall they escape by iniquity?
In anger cast down the peoples, O God.
8Thou tellest my wanderings:
Put thou my tears into thy bottle;
Are they not in thy book?
9Then shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call:
This I know, that God is for me.
10In God will I praise his word:
In the LORD will I praise his word.
11In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid;
What can man do unto me?
12Thy vows are upon me, O God:
I will render thank offerings unto thee.
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.
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