Psalms 56

1Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: All the day long he fighting oppresseth me.

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

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

2Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; For they are many that fight proudly against me.

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

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.

3What time I am afraid, I will put my trust in thee.

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

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

4In God (I will praise his word), In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can flesh do unto me?

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

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

5 All the day long they wrest 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 gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.

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

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

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

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

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.

8Thou numberest my wanderings: Put thou my tears into thy bottle; Are they not in thy book?

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

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

9Then shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call: This I know, that God is for me.

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

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

10In God (I will praise his word), In Jehovah (I will praise his word),

10 InGod will I praise [his] word; in Jehovah will I praise [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 trust, I will not be afraid; What can man do unto me?

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

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

12Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render thank-offerings unto thee.

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

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

13For thou hast delivered my soul from death: Hast thou not delivered my feet from falling, That I may walk before God In the light of the living?

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?

13(not in this translation)