In God I Trust
To the choirmaster: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. A (A)Miktam of David, when the (B)Philistines seized him in Gath.
56 (C)Be gracious to me, O God, for man (D)tramples on me;
all day long an attacker oppresses me;
2 my enemies trample on me all day long,
for many attack me proudly.
3 When I am afraid,
I (E)put my trust in you.
4 In God, whose word I praise,
in God I trust; (F)I shall not be afraid.
What can flesh do to me?
5 All day long they injure my cause;
all their thoughts are against me for evil.
6 They (G)stir up strife, they (H)lurk;
they (I)watch my steps,
as they have waited for my life.
7 For their crime will they escape?
(J)In wrath (K)cast down the peoples, O God!
8 You have kept count of my tossings;
(L)put my tears in your bottle.
(M)Are they not in your book?
9 Then my enemies will turn back
(N)in the day when I call.
This I know, that (O)God is for me.
10 In God, whose word I praise,
in the Lord, whose word I praise,
11 in God I trust; (P)I shall not be afraid.
What can man do to me?
12 I must perform my (Q)vows to you, O God;
I will (R)render thank offerings to you.
13 (S)For you have delivered my soul from death,
yes, my feet from falling,
(T)that I may walk before God
(U)in the light of life.
Footnotes
- Psalm 56:1
- Psalm 56:5
- Psalm 56:8
- Psalm 56:9
Cross references
- Psalm 56:1 : Ps. 16, title; 57, title
- Psalm 56:1 : [1 Sam. 21:10, 11; 22:1]
- Psalm 56:1 : Ps. 57:1; See Ps. 4:1
- Psalm 56:1 : Ps. 57:3
- Psalm 56:3 : See Ps. 11:1
- Psalm 56:4 : Ps. 27:1; 118:6; Isa. 51:12; Heb. 13:6
- Psalm 56:6 : Ps. 59:3; 140:2; Isa. 54:15
- Psalm 56:6 : Ps. 10:8
- Psalm 56:6 : Ps. 71:10
- Psalm 56:7 : Ps. 7:6; 59:5
- Psalm 56:7 : See Ps. 55:23
- Psalm 56:8 : [Ps. 39:12; 2 Kgs. 20:5]
- Psalm 56:8 : [Mal. 3:16]
- Psalm 56:9 : Ps. 102:2
- Psalm 56:9 : Ps. 118:6; [Rom. 8:31]
- Psalm 56:11 : [See ver. 4 above]; Ps. 27:1; 118:6; Isa. 51:12; Heb. 13:6
- Psalm 56:12 : See Ps. 50:14
- Psalm 56:12 : See Ps. 50:14
- Psalm 56:13 : Ps. 49:15; 116:8
- Psalm 56:13 : Ps. 116:9
- Psalm 56:13 : [Ps. 49:19]
