Psalm 56

Supplication for Deliverance and Grateful Trust in God.


   For the choir director; according to ^[a]Jonath elem rehokim. A ^[b]Mikhtam of David,^[c]when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

 ¹ Be gracious to me, O God, for man has ^[d]trampled upon me;
^[e]Fighting all day long he oppresses me.
² My foes have ^[f]trampled upon me all day long,
For ^[g]they are many who fight proudly against me.
^3 [h]When I am afraid,
^[i]I will put my trust in You.
⁴ In God, whose word I praise,
In God I have put my trust;
I shall not be afraid.
What can mere ^[j]man do to me?
⁵ All day long they ^[k]distort my words;
All their ^[l]thoughts are against me for evil.
⁶ They ^[m]attack, they lurk,
They watch my ^[n]steps,
As they have waited to take my ^[o]life.
⁷ Because of wickedness, ^[p]cast them forth,
In anger put down the peoples, O God!

 ⁸ You have taken account of my wanderings;
Put my tears in Your bottle.
Are they not in Your book?
⁹ Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call;
This I know, ^[q]that God is for me.
¹⁰ In God, whose word I praise,
In the LORD, whose word I praise,
¹¹ In God I have put my ^[r]trust, I shall not be afraid.
What can man do to me?
¹² Your vows are binding upon me, O God;
I will render thank offerings to You.
¹³ For You have delivered my soul from death,
^[s]Indeed my feet from stumbling,
So that I may walk before God
In the light of the ^[t]living.