Psalm 56

Christian Standard Bible

Psalm 56

A Call for God’s Protection

For the choir director: according to “A Silent Dove Far Away.” A Miktam of David. When the Philistines seized him in Gath.^(A)

¹Be gracious to me, God, for a man is trampling me;
he fights and oppresses me all day long.
²My adversaries trample me all day,
for many arrogantly fight against me.^[a]^(B)

³When I am afraid,
I will trust in you.^(C)
⁴In God, whose word I praise,
in God I trust; I will not be afraid.
What can mere mortals do to me?^(D)

⁵They twist my words all day long;
all their thoughts against me are evil.^(E)
⁶They stir up strife,^[b] they lurk,
they watch my steps
while they wait to take my life.^(F)
⁷Will they escape in spite of such sin?
God, bring down the nations in wrath.^(G)

⁸You yourself have recorded my wanderings.^[c]
Put my tears in your bottle.
Are they not in your book?^(H)
⁹Then my enemies will retreat on the day when I call.^(I)
This I know: God is for me.^(J)

¹⁰In God, whose word I praise,
in the Lord, whose word I praise,
¹¹in God I trust; I will not be afraid.
What can mere humans do to me?^(K)

¹²I am obligated by vows^[d] to you, God;
I will make my thanksgiving sacrifices to you.^(L)
¹³For you rescued me from death,
even my feet from stumbling,
to walk before God in the light of life.^(M)

Footnotes

56:2 Or many fight against me, O exalted one, or many fight against me from the heights
56:6 Or They attack
56:8 Or misery
56:12 Lit On me the vows

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