Psalm 56
Trust in God under Persecution
To the leader: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. Of David. A Miktam, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.
1 Be gracious to me, O God, for people trample on me;
all day long foes oppress me;
2 my enemies trample on me all day long,
for many fight against me.
O Most High,(A)3 when I am afraid,
I put my trust in you.(B)
4 In God, whose word I praise,
in God I trust; I am not afraid;
what can flesh do to me?(C)
5 All day long they seek to injure my cause;
all their thoughts are against me for evil.(D)
6 They stir up strife; they lurk;
they watch my steps,
as they hoped to take my life.(E)
7 Do not deliver them for any reason;
in wrath cast down the peoples, O God!(F)
8 You have kept count of my tossings;
put my tears in your bottle.
Are they not in your record?(G)
9 Then my enemies will retreat
in the day when I call.
This I know, that God is for me.(H)
10 In God, whose word I praise,
in the Lord, whose word I praise,
11 in God I trust; I am not afraid.
What can a mere mortal do to me?
12 My vows to you I must perform, O God;
I will render thank offerings to you.(I)
13 For you have delivered my soul from death
and my feet from falling,
so that I may walk before God
in the light of life.(J)
Footnotes
- 56.7
- 56.9
Cross references
- 56.2 : Ps 35.1; 57.3
- 56.3 : Ps 11.1; 55.4, 5
- 56.4 : Ps 118.6; Heb 13.6
- 56.5 : Ps 41.7
- 56.6 : Ps 19.10, 11; 59.3; 140.2
- 56.7 : Ps 36.12; 55.23
- 56.8 : Ps 139.3
- 56.9 : Ps 9.3; 102.2; Rom 8.31
- 56.12 : Ps 50.14
- 56.13 : Job 33.30; Ps 116.8
