Psalms 56

Psalm 56

A Call for God’s Protection

For the choir director: according to “A Silent Dove Far Away.” A Miktam of David. When the Philistines seized him in Gath.

¹Be gracious to me, God, for a man is trampling me; he fights and oppresses me all day long.²

³My adversaries trample me all day, for many arrogantly fight against me.⁴

⁵When I am afraid, I will trust in you.⁶

⁷In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?⁸

⁹They twist my words all day long; all their thoughts against me are evil.¹⁰

¹¹They stir up strife, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.¹²

¹³Will they escape in spite of such sin? God, bring down the nations in wrath.¹⁴

¹⁵You yourself have recorded my wanderings. Put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book?¹⁶

¹⁷Then my enemies will retreat on the day when I call. This I know: God is for me.¹⁸

¹⁹In God, whose word I praise, in the Lord, whose word I praise,²⁰

²¹in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mere humans do to me?²²

²³I am obligated by vows to you, God; I will make my thanksgiving sacrifices to you.²⁴

²⁵For you rescued me from death, even my feet from stumbling, to walk before God in the light of life.²⁶