☰ PSALMS 56
56
Supplication for Deliverance and Grateful Trust in God.
For the choir director; according to †Jonath elem rehokim. A •Mikhtam of David, ^when the Philistines seized him in Gath.
1 Be gracious to me, O God, for man has 1Atrampled upon me;
2Fighting all day long he Boppresses me.
2 My foes have 1Atrampled upon me all day long,
For 2they are many who Bfight proudly against me.
3  1When I am Aafraid,
2I will Bput my trust in You.
4  AIn God, whose word I praise,
In God I have put my trust;
I shall not be afraid.
BWhat can mere 1man do to me?
5  All day long they 1Adistort my words;
All their 2Bthoughts are against me for evil.
6 They 1Aattack, they lurk,
They Bwatch my 2steps,
As they have Cwaited to take my 3life.
7  Because of wickedness, 1Acast them forth,
In anger Bput down the peoples, O God!
 
8 You Ahave taken account of my wanderings;
Put my Btears in Your bottle.
Are they not in CYour book?
9  Then my enemies will Aturn back Bin the day when I call;
This I know, 1that CGod is for me.
10 In God, whose word I praise,
In the Lord, whose word I praise,
11 In God I have put my 1trust, I shall not be afraid.
What can man do to me?
12 Your Avows are binding upon me, O God;
I will render thank offerings to You.
13 For You have Adelivered my soul from death,
1Indeed Bmy feet from stumbling,
So that I may Cwalk before God
In the Dlight of the 2living.
† 56: Or The silent dove of those who are far off, or, The dove of the distant terebinths • 56: Possibly Epigrammatic Poem, or Atonement Psalm ^ 56: 1 Sam 21:10, 11 1 56:1 Or snapped at A 56:1 Ps 57:3 2 56:1 Or A fighting man B 56:1 Ps 17:9 1 56:2 Or snapped at A 56:2 Ps 35:25; 57:3; 124:3 2 56:2 Or many are fighting B 56:2 Ps 35:1 1 56:3 Lit In the day A 56:3 Ps 55:4, 5 2 56:3 Or I am one who puts B 56:3 Ps 11:1 A 56:4 Ps 56:10, 11 B 56:4 Ps 118:6; Heb 13:6 1 56:4 Lit flesh 1 56:5 Or trouble my affairs A 56:5 2 Pet 3:16 2 56:5 Or purposes B 56:5 Ps 41:7 1 56:6 Or stir up strife A 56:6 Ps 59:3; 140:2; Is 54:15 B 56:6 Ps 17:11 2 56:6 Lit heels C 56:6 Ps 71:10 3 56:6 Lit soul 1 56:7 Or will they have escape? A 56:7 Ps 36:12; Prov 19:5; Ezek 17:15; Rom 2:3 B 56:7 Ps 55:23 A 56:8 Ps 139:3 B 56:8 2 Kin 20:5; Ps 39:12 C 56:8 Mal 3:16 A 56:9 Ps 9:3 B 56:9 Ps 102:2 1 56:9 Or because C 56:9 Ps 41:11; 118:6; Rom 8:31 1 56:11 Or trust without fear A 56:12 Ps 50:14 A 56:13 Ps 33:19; 49:15; 86:13 1 56:13 Or have You not delivered B 56:13 Ps 116:8 C 56:13 Ps 116:9 D 56:13 Job 33:30 2 56:13 Or life
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