psalms 56 Background Information with Maps and Images (Picture Study Bible

psalms 56

1 - Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up.All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.

2 - My enemies want to swallow me up all day long,for they are many who fight proudly against me.

3 - When I am afraid,I will put my trust in you.

4 - In God, I praise his word.In God, I put my trust.I will not be afraid.What can flesh do to me?

5 - All day long they twist my words.All their thoughts are against me for evil.

6 - They conspire and lurk,watching my steps, they are eager to take my life.

7 - Shall they escape by iniquity?In anger cast down the peoples, God.

8 - You count my wanderings.You put my tears into your bottle.Aren't they in your book?

9 - Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call.I know this, that God is for me.

10 - In God, I will praise his word.In The LORD, I will praise his word.

11 - I have put my trust in God.I will not be afraid.What can man do to me?

12 - Your vows are on me, God.I will give thank offerings to you.

13 - For you have delivered my soul from death,and prevented my feet from falling,that I may walk before God in the light of the living.

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