Psalms 56
1 For the music director, to the tune “The Silent Dove Far Away.” A miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.
2 Be gracious to me, O God, for a man devours me; all day long the attacker oppresses me.
3 Those who watch for me devour me all day long, for many are fighting against me arrogantly.
4 On the day I am afraid, I will trust in you.
5 In God I praise his word; in God I trust and will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
6 All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are against me, for evil.
7 They gather and lie in wait; they watch my steps, hoping to take my life.
8 Because of their wickedness, do not let them escape; in your anger, O God, bring the peoples down.
9 You have counted my restless wanderings; put my tears in your wineskin. Are they not in your record?
10 Then my enemies will turn back on the day I call. This I know: God is for me.
11 In God I praise the word; in the LORD I praise the word.
12 In God I trust and will not be afraid. What can a human being do to me?
13 O God, the vows I made to you are upon me; I will pay you thank offerings.
14 For you have delivered my life from death, and my feet from stumbling, so that I may walk before God in the light of the living.
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