| Chapter 56 |
1 | {To the chief Musician. On Jonathelem-rechokim. Of David. Michtam; when the Philistines took him in Gath.} Be gracious unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: all the day long fighting he oppresseth me. |
2 | Mine enemies would swallow [me] up all the day long; for they are many that fight against me haughtily. |
3 | In the day that I am afraid, I will confide in thee. |
4 | In God will I praise his word, in God I put my confidence: I will not fear; what can flesh do unto me? |
5 | All the day long they wrest my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil. |
6 | They gather themselves together, they hide themselves; they mark my steps, because they wait for my soul. |
7 | Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God. |
8 | Thou countest my wanderings; put my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book? |
9 | Then shall mine enemies return backward in the day when I call: this I know, for God is for me. |
10 | In God will I praise [his] word; in Jehovah will I praise [his] word. |
11 | In God have I put my confidence: I will not fear; what can man do unto me? |
12 | Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render thanks unto thee. |
13 | For thou hast delivered my soul from death; [wilt thou] not [keep] my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living? |