Psalm 56

Revised Geneva Translation

56 Be merciful to me, O God; for man desires to swallow me up. He fights continually and troubles me.

² My enemies would swallow me up daily; for many fight against me, O You Most High.

³ When I was afraid, I trusted in You.

⁴ I will rejoice in God because of His Word. I trust in God and will not fear what flesh can do to me.

⁵ My own words grieve me daily. All their thoughts are against me, to do me hurt.

⁶ They gather together and keep themselves close. They mark my steps because they wait for my soul.

⁷ They think they shall escape by iniquity. O God, cast these people down in Your anger.

⁸ You have counted my wanderings. Put my tears into Your bottle. Are they not in Your register?

⁹ When I cry, then my enemies shall turn back. This I know; for God is with me.

¹⁰ I will rejoice in God because of His Word. I will rejoice in the LORD because of His Word.

¹¹ In God do I trust. I will not be afraid what man can do to me.

¹² Your vows are upon me, O God. I will render praises to You.

¹³ For You have delivered my soul from death—and also my feet from falling—so that I may walk before God in the light of the living. To him who excels: Do not destroy. A Psalm of David, on Michtam, when he fled from Saul in the cave