Psalms 56

1 Have mercy on me, O God, for man is attempting my destruction; every day he makes cruel attacks against me.

1Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an inscription of a title, when he fled from Saul into the cave.

2My haters are ever ready to put an end to me; great numbers are lifting themselves up against me.

2Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me: for my soul trusteth in thee. And in the shadow of thy wings will I hope, until iniquity pass away.

3In the time of my fear, I will have faith in you.

3I will cry to God the most high; to God who hath done good to me.

4In God will I give praise to his word; in God have I put my hope; I will have no fear of what flesh may do to me.

4He hath sent from heaven and delivered me: he hath made them a reproach that trod upon me. God hath sent his mercy and his truth,

5Every day they make wrong use of my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.

5And he hath delivered my soul from the midst of the young lions. I slept troubled. The sons of men, whose teeth are weapons and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

6They come together, they are waiting in secret places, they take note of my steps, they are waiting for my soul.

6Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, and thy glory above all the earth.

7By evil-doing they will not get free from punishment. In wrath, O God, let the peoples be made low.

7They prepared a snare for my feet; and they bowed down my soul. They dug a pit before my face, and they are fallen into it.

8You have seen my wanderings; put the drops from my eyes into your bottle; are they not in your record?

8My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready: I will sing, and rehearse a psalm.

9When I send up my cry to you, my haters will be turned back; I am certain of this, for God is with me.

9Arise, O my glory, arise psaltery and harp: I will arise early.

10In God will I give praise to his word; in the Lord will I give praise to his word.

10I will give praise to thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing a psalm to thee among the nations.

11In God have I put my hope, I will have no fear of what man may do to me.

11For thy mercy is magnified even to the heavens: and thy truth unto the clouds.

12I keep the memory of my debt to you, O God; I will give you the offerings of praise.

12Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth.

13Because you have taken my soul from the power of death; and kept my feet from falling, so that I may be walking before God in the light of life.

13(not in this translation)