Psalm 56

In God I Trust

56To the choirmaster: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. A ^pMiktam¹ of David, when the ^qPhilistines seized him in Gath.

^1rBe gracious to me, O God, for man ^stramples on me;

all day long an attacker oppresses me;

²my enemies trample on me all day long,

for many attack me proudly.

³When I am afraid,

I ^tput my trust in you.

⁴In God, whose word I praise,

in God I trust; ^uI shall not be afraid.

What can flesh do to me?

⁵All day long they injure my cause;²

all their thoughts are against me for evil.

⁶They ^vstir up strife, they ^wlurk;

they ^xwatch my steps,

as they have waited for my life.

⁷For their crime will they escape?

^yIn wrath ^zcast down the peoples, O God!

⁸You have kept count of my tossings;³

^aput my tears in your bottle.

^bAre they not in your book?

⁹Then my enemies will turn back

^cin the day when I call.

This I know, that^{4 d}God is for me.

¹⁰In God, whose word I praise,

in the Lord, whose word I praise,

¹¹in God I trust; ^uI shall not be afraid.

What can man do to me?

¹²I must perform my ^evows to you, O God;

I will ^erender thank offerings to you.

^13fFor you have delivered my soul from death,

yes, my feet from falling,

^gthat I may walk before God

^hin the light of life.