Pleading for Help and Grateful Trust in God.
For the music director; according to Jonath elem rehokim. A Mikhtam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.
56 Be gracious to me, God, for a man has (A)trampled upon me;
Fighting all day long he (B)oppresses me.
2 My enemies have (C)trampled upon me all day long,
For they are many who (D)fight proudly against me.
3 When I am (E)afraid,
I will (F)put my trust in You.
4 (G)In God, whose word I praise,
In God I have put my trust;
I shall not be afraid.
(H)What can mere mortals do to me?
5 All day long they (I)distort my words;
All their (J)thoughts are against me for evil.
6 They (K)attack, they lurk,
They (L)watch my steps,
As they have (M)waited to take my life.
7 Because of their wickedness, will there be an (N)escape for them?
In anger (O)make the peoples fall down, God!
8 You (P)have taken account of my miseries;
Put my (Q)tears in Your bottle.
Are they not in (R)Your book?
9 Then my enemies will (S)turn back (T)on the day when I call;
This I know, that (U)God is for me.
10 In God, whose word I praise,
In the Lord, whose word I praise,
11 In God I have put my trust, I shall not be afraid.
What can mankind do to me?
12 Your (V)vows are binding upon me, God;
I will render thanksgiving offerings to You.
13 For You have (W)saved my soul from death,
Indeed (X)my feet from stumbling,
So that I may (Y)walk before God
In the (Z)light of the living.
Footnotes
- Psalm 56 Title
- Psalm 56 Title
- Psalm 56 Title
- Psalm 56:1
- Psalm 56:1
- Psalm 56:2
- Psalm 56:3
- Psalm 56:3
- Psalm 56:4
- Psalm 56:5
- Psalm 56:6
- Psalm 56:6
- Psalm 56:6
- Psalm 56:8
- Psalm 56:9
- Psalm 56:11
- Psalm 56:13
- Psalm 56:13
Cross references
- Psalm 56:1 : Ps 57:3
- Psalm 56:1 : Ps 17:9
- Psalm 56:2 : Ps 35:25; 57:3; 124:3
- Psalm 56:2 : Ps 35:1
- Psalm 56:3 : Ps 55:4, 5
- Psalm 56:3 : Ps 11:1
- Psalm 56:4 : Ps 56:10, 11
- Psalm 56:4 : Ps 118:6; Heb 13:6
- Psalm 56:5 : 2 Pet 3:16
- Psalm 56:5 : Ps 41:7
- Psalm 56:6 : Ps 59:3; 140:2; Is 54:15
- Psalm 56:6 : Ps 17:11
- Psalm 56:6 : Ps 71:10
- Psalm 56:7 : Ps 36:12; Prov 19:5; Ezek 17:15; Rom 2:3
- Psalm 56:7 : Ps 55:23
- Psalm 56:8 : Ps 139:3
- Psalm 56:8 : 2 Kin 20:5; Ps 39:12
- Psalm 56:8 : Mal 3:16
- Psalm 56:9 : Ps 9:3
- Psalm 56:9 : Ps 102:2
- Psalm 56:9 : Ps 41:11; 118:6; Rom 8:31
- Psalm 56:12 : Ps 50:14
- Psalm 56:13 : Ps 33:19; 49:15; 86:13
- Psalm 56:13 : Ps 116:8
- Psalm 56:13 : Ps 116:9
- Psalm 56:13 : Job 33:30
