Psalm 56

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56 ^(C)Be gracious to me, O God, for man ^(D)tramples on me;
    all day long an attacker oppresses me;
² my enemies trample on me all day long,
    for many attack me proudly.
³ When I am afraid,
    I ^(E)put my trust in you.
⁴ In God, whose word I praise,
    in God I trust; ^(F)I shall not be afraid.
    What can flesh do to me?
⁵ All day long they injure my cause;^[b]
    all their thoughts are against me for evil.
⁶ They ^(G)stir up strife, they ^(H)lurk;
    they ^(I)watch my steps,
    as they have waited for my life.
⁷ For their crime will they escape?
    ^(J)In wrath ^(K)cast down the peoples, O God!
⁸ You have kept count of my tossings;^{[c]
    (L)}put my tears in your bottle.
    ^(M)Are they not in your book?
⁹ Then my enemies will turn back
    ^(N)in the day when I call.
    This I know, that^{[d] (O)}God is for me.
¹⁰ In God, whose word I praise,
    in the Lord, whose word I praise,
¹¹ in God I trust; ^(P)I shall not be afraid.
    What can man do to me?
¹² I must perform my ^(Q)vows to you, O God;
    I will ^(R)render thank offerings to you.
^13 (S)For you have delivered my soul from death,
    yes, my feet from falling,
^(T)that I may walk before God
    ^(U)in the light of life.