Psalm 56
Trust in God
1 For the director. According to Yonath elem rehoqim. A miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him at Gath.(A)
I
2 Have mercy on me, God,
for I am treated harshly;
attackers press me all the day.
3 My foes treat me harshly all the day;
yes, many are my attackers.
O Most High, 4 when I am afraid,
in you I place my trust.
5 I praise the word of God;
I trust in God, I do not fear.(B)
What can mere flesh do to me?(C)
II
6 All the day they foil my plans;
their every thought is of evil against me.
7 They hide together in ambush;
they watch my every step;
they lie in wait for my life.(D)
8 They are evil; watch them, God!
Cast the nations down in your anger!
9 My wanderings you have noted;
are my tears not stored in your flask,
recorded in your book?(E)
10 My foes turn back when I call on you.
This I know: God is on my side.
11 I praise the word of God,
I praise the word of the Lord.
12 In God I trust, I do not fear.
What can man do to me?
III
13 I have made vows to you, God;
with offerings I will fulfill them,(F)
14 For you have snatched me from death,
kept my feet from stumbling,
That I may walk before God
in the light of the living.
Footnotes
- Psalm 56
- 56:1
- 56:9
Cross references
- 56:1 : 1 Sm 21:10.
- 56:5 : Ps 130:5.
- 56:5 : Ps 118:6; Hb 13:6.
- 56:7 : Ps 140:5–6.
- 56:9 : Ps 10:14; 2 Kgs 20:5; Is 25:8; Rev 7:17.
- 56:13 : Nm 30:3.
