Psalm 56:1WEB
Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.
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For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Silent Dove in Distant Lands.” A poem by David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.
Psalm 56:1WEB
Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.
Psalm 56:2WEB
My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me.
Psalm 56:3WEB
When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.
Psalm 56:4WEB
In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
Psalm 56:5WEB
All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.
Psalm 56:6WEB
They conspire and lurk, watching my steps. They are eager to take my life.
Psalm 56:7WEB
Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, God.
Psalm 56:8WEB
You count my wanderings. You put my tears into your container. Aren’t they in your book?
Psalm 56:9WEB
Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this: that God is for me.
Psalm 56:10WEB
In God, I will praise his word. In Yahweh, I will praise his word.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Psalm 56:11WEB
I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
Psalm 56:12WEB
Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you.
Psalm 56:13WEB
For you have delivered my soul from death, and prevented my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain.