Psalm 56:1–13
1 Be gracious to me, O God, because humankind has trampled me;
fighting all the day he oppresses me.
2 My enemiesb trample all day,
because many are attacking me proudly.
3 ⌊When⌋c I fear, I trust you.
God I trust; I do not fear.
What can mere flesh do to me?
5 All day they twist my words;
all their thoughts are against me for evil.
6 They attack,d they hide, they watch my ⌊steps⌋,e
as they lie in wait for my life.
7 Because of iniquity will they escape?
In anger cast down the peoples, O God.
8 You have kept count of my wanderings.
Put my tears in your bottle;
are they not in your book?
9 Then my enemies will turn back ⌊when⌋f I call.g
This I know becauseh God is for me.
Yahweh, whose word I praise,
11 God I trust; I do not fear.
What can mere humankind do to me?
12 My vows to you, O God, are binding upon me.
I will pay thank offerings to you,
13 because you have delivered my soul from death.
Have you not kept my feet from stumbling,
that I may walk before God
in the light of the living?