Psalm 56

GOD’S WORD Translation

For the choir director; according to yonath elem rechokim; ^[a] a miktam by David when the Philistines captured him in Gath.

56 Have pity on me, O God, because people are harassing me.
All day long warriors oppress me.
²All day long my enemies spy on me.
They harass me.
There are so many fighting against me.
³Even when I am afraid, I still trust you.

⁴I praise God’s word.
I trust God.
I am not afraid.
What can mere flesh ⌞and blood⌟ do to me?

⁵All day long my enemies twist my words.
Their every thought is an evil plan against me.
⁶They attack, and then they hide.
They watch my every step as they wait to take my life.
⁷With the wrong they do, can they escape?
O God, angrily make the nations fall.
⁸(You have kept a record of my wanderings.
Put my tears in your bottle.
They are already in your book.)
⁹Then my enemies will retreat when I call ⌞to you⌟.
This I know: God is on my side.

¹⁰I praise God’s word.
I praise the Lord’s word.
¹¹I trust God.
I am not afraid.
What can mortals do to me?

¹²I am bound by my vows to you, O God.
I will keep my vows by offering songs of thanksgiving to you.
¹³You have rescued me from death.
You have kept my feet from stumbling
so that I could walk in your presence, in the light of life.