Psalms 56
Open in the reader1Unto the End. Set to "Silent-Dove-of-Distant-Places." An Inscription of Beloved, when the Philistines seized him in Wine-Press.
2Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.
3My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly assail me.
4When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.
5In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
6All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise.
7They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.
8In spite of such sin, will they escape? In Your anger, O God, cast down the nations.
9You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle— are they not in Your book?
10Then my enemies will retreat on the day I cry for help. By this I will know that God is on my side.
11In God, whose word I praise, in He-Who-Is, whose word I praise,
12in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
13Your vows are upon me, O God; I will render thank offerings to You.
14For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.