Psalms 56

¹Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: All the day long he fighting oppresseth me.

²Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; For they are many that fight proudly against me.

³What time I am afraid, I will put my trust in thee.

⁴In God (I will praise his word), In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can flesh do unto me?

⁵All the day long they wrest my words: All their thoughts are against me for evil.

⁶They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.

⁷Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God.

⁸Thou numberest my wanderings: Put thou my tears into thy bottle; Are they not in thy book?

⁹Then shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call: This I know, that God is for me.

¹⁰In God (I will praise `his' word), In Jehovah (I will praise `his' word),

¹¹In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can man do unto me?

¹²Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render thank-offerings unto thee.

¹³For thou hast delivered my soul from death: `Hast thou' not `delivered' my feet from falling, That I may walk before God In the light of the living? Psalm 57 For the Chief Musician; `set to' Al-tash-heth. `A Psalm' of David. Michtam; when he fled from Saul, in the cave.