Psalm 56

Psalm 56

For the choir director; according to yonath elem rechokim;^aa miktam by David when the Philistines captured him in Gath. 

¹Have pity on me, O God, because people are harassing me. 

All day long warriors oppress me. 

²All day long my enemies spy on me. 

They harass me. 

There are so many fighting against me. 

³Even when I am afraid, I still trust you. 

⁴I praise God’s word. 

I trust God. 

I am not afraid. 

What can mere flesh ⸤and blood⸥ do to me? 

⁵All day long my enemies twist my words. 

Their every thought is an evil plan against me. 

⁶They attack, and then they hide. 

They watch my every step as they wait to take my life. 

⁷With the wrong they do, can they escape? 

O God, angrily make the nations fall. 

⁸(You have kept a record of my wanderings. 

Put my tears in your bottle. 

They are already in your book.) 

⁹Then my enemies will retreat when I call ⸤to you⸥. 

This I know: God is on my side. 

¹⁰I praise God’s word. 

I praise the Lord’s word. 

¹¹I trust God. 

I am not afraid. 

What can mortals do to me? 

¹²I am bound by my vows to you, O God. 

I will keep my vows by offering songs of thanksgiving to you. 

¹³You have rescued me from death. 

You have kept my feet from stumbling 

so that I could walk in your presence, in the light of life.