PSALM 56

Supplication for Deliverance and Grateful Trust in God.

For the choir director; according to †Jonath elem rehokim. A •Mikhtam of David, ^when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

1 Be gracious to me, O God, for man has 1atrampled upon me;

2Fighting all day long he boppresses me.

2 My foes have 1atrampled upon me all day long,

For 2they are many who bfight proudly against me.

3 1When I am aafraid,

2I will bput my trust in You.

4 aIn God, whose word I praise,

In God I have put my trust;

I shall not be afraid.

bWhat can mere 1man do to me?

5 All day long they 1adistort my words;

All their 2bthoughts are against me for evil.

6 They 1aattack, they lurk,

They bwatch my 2steps,

As they have cwaited to take my 3life.

7 Because of wickedness, 1acast them forth,

In anger bput down the peoples, O God!

8 You ahave taken account of my wanderings;

Put my btears in Your bottle.

Are they not in cYour book?

9 Then my enemies will aturn back bin the day when I call;

This I know, 1that cGod is for me.

10 In God, whose word I praise,

In the Lord, whose word I praise,

11 In God I have put my 1trust, I shall not be afraid.

What can man do to me?

12 Your avows are binding upon me, O God;

I will render thank offerings to You.

13 For You have adelivered my soul from death,

1Indeed bmy feet from stumbling,

So that I may cwalk before God

In the dlight of the 2living.

PSALM 13

Prayer for Help in Trouble.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.

1 How long, O Lord? Will You aforget me forever?

How long bwill You hide Your face from me?

2 How long shall I atake counsel in my soul,

Having bsorrow in my heart all the day?

How long will my enemy be exalted over me?

3 aConsider and answer me, O Lord my God;

bEnlighten my eyes, or I will csleep the sleep of death,

4 And my enemy will asay, “I have overcome him,”

And bmy adversaries will rejoice when I am shaken.

5 But I have atrusted in Your lovingkindness;

My heart shall brejoice in Your salvation.

6 I will asing to the Lord,

Because He has bdealt bountifully with me.

PSALM 14

Folly and Wickedness of Men.

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.

1 The fool has asaid in his heart, “There is no God.”

They are corrupt, they have committed abominable 1deeds;

There is bno one who does good.

2 The Lord has alooked down from heaven upon the sons of men

To see if there are any who 1bunderstand,

Who cseek after God.

3 They have all aturned aside, together they have become corrupt;

There is bno one who does good, not even one.

4 Do all the workers of wickedness anot know,

Who beat up my people as they eat bread,

And cdo not call upon the Lord?

5 There they are in great dread,

For God is with the arighteous generation.

6 You would put to shame the counsel of the afflicted,

But the Lord is his arefuge.

7 Oh, that athe salvation of Israel 1would come out of Zion!

When the Lord 2brestores His captive people,

Jacob will rejoice, Israel will be glad.