Psalms 56

Psalms 56:1 ←
To the chief music-maker; put to Jonath elem rehokim. Of David. Michtam. When the Philistines took him in Gath. Have mercy on me, O God, for man is attempting my destruction; every day he makes cruel attacks against me.

Psalms 56:2 ←
My haters are ever ready to put an end to me; great numbers are lifting themselves up against me.

Psalms 56:3 ←
In the time of my fear, I will have faith in you.

Psalms 56:4 ←
In God will I give praise to his word; in God have I put my hope; I will have no fear of what flesh may do to me.

Psalms 56:5 ←
Every day they make wrong use of my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.

Psalms 56:6 ←
They come together, they are waiting in secret places, they take note of my steps, they are waiting for my soul.

Psalms 56:7 ←
By evil-doing they will not get free from punishment. In wrath, O God, let the peoples be made low.

Psalms 56:8 ←
You have seen my wanderings; put the drops from my eyes into your bottle; are they not in your record?

Psalms 56:9 ←
When I send up my cry to you, my haters will be turned back; I am certain of this, for God is with me.

Psalms 56:10 ←
In God will I give praise to his word; in the Lord will I give praise to his word.

Psalms 56:11 ←
In God have I put my hope, I will have no fear of what man may do to me.

Psalms 56:12 ←
I keep the memory of my debt to you, O God; I will give you the offerings of praise.

Psalms 56:13 ←
Because you have taken my soul from the power of death; and kept my feet from falling, so that I may be walking before God in the light of life.


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