Psalms 56

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

1To the Overseer. --`On the Dumb Dove far off.' --A secret treasure of David, in the Philistines' taking hold of him in Gath. Favour me, O God, for man swallowed me up, All the day 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.

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

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

2Mine enemies have swallowed up all the day, For many <FI>are<Fi> fighting against me, O most High,

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.

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

3The day I am afraid I am confident toward Thee.

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.

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?

4In God I praise His word, in God I have trusted, I fear not what flesh doth 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,

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

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

5All the day they wrest my words, Concerning me all their thoughts <FI>are<Fi> 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.

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

6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.

6They assemble, they hide, they watch my heels, When they have expected my soul.

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.

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

7By iniquity they escape, In anger the peoples put down, O God.

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.

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

8My wandering Thou hast counted, Thou--place Thou my tear in 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.

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

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

9Then turn back do mine enemies in the day I call. This I have known, that God <FI>is<Fi> for me.

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.

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

10In God I praise the word, In Jehovah I praise the word.

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.

11In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can man do unto me?

11In God I trusted, I fear not what man doth to me,

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?

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

12On me, O God, <FI>are<Fi> Thy vows, I repay thank-offerings to Thee.

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.

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?

13For Thou hast delivered my soul from death, Dost Thou not my feet from falling? To walk habitually before God in the light of the living!

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?