Psalms 56

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

1 Be gracious unto me, OGod; for man would swallow me up: all the day long fighting he oppresseth me.

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

2 Mine enemies would swallow [me] up all the day long; for they are many that fight against me haughtily.

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

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

3 In the day that I am afraid, I will confide in thee.

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

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,

4 InGod will I praise his word, inGod I put my confidence: I will not fear; what can flesh do unto 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.

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.

5 All the day long they wrest my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.

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

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

6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves; they mark my steps, because they wait for my soul.

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

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.

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

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

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

8 Thou countest my wanderings; put my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?

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

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

9 Then shall mine enemies return backward in the day when I call: this I know, forGod is for me.

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

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

10 InGod will I praise [his] word; in Jehovah will I praise [his] word.

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

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

11 InGod have I put my confidence: I will not fear; what can man do unto me?

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

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

12 Thy vows are upon me, OGod: I will render thanks unto thee.

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

13(not in this translation)

13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death; [wilt thou] not [keep] my feet from falling, that I may walk beforeGod in the light of the living?

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.