In God I Trust

To the choirmaster: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. A (A)Miktam[a] of David, when the (B)Philistines seized him in Gath.

56 (C)Be gracious to me, O God, for man (D)tramples on me;
    all day long an attacker oppresses me;
my enemies trample on me all day long,
    for many attack me proudly.
When I am afraid,
    I (E)put my trust in you.
In God, whose word I praise,
    in God I trust; (F)I shall not be afraid.
    What can flesh do to me?

All day long they injure my cause;[b]
    all their thoughts are against me for evil.
They (G)stir up strife, they (H)lurk;
    they (I)watch my steps,
    as they have waited for my life.
For their crime will they escape?
    (J)In wrath (K)cast down the peoples, O God!

You have kept count of my tossings;[c]
    (L)put my tears in your bottle.
    (M)Are they not in your book?
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.

Let Your Glory Be over All the Earth

To the choirmaster: according to (V)Do Not Destroy. A (W)Miktam[e] of David, when he fled from Saul, in (X)the cave.

57 (Y)Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me,
    for in you my soul (Z)takes refuge;
in (AA)the shadow of your wings I will take refuge,
    (AB)till the storms of destruction pass by.
I cry out to God Most High,
    to God who (AC)fulfills his purpose for me.
(AD)He will send from heaven and save me;
    he will put to shame (AE)him who tramples on me. Selah
(AF)God will send out (AG)his steadfast love and his faithfulness!

My soul is in the midst of (AH)lions;
    I lie down amid fiery beasts—
the children of man, whose (AI)teeth are spears and arrows,
    whose (AJ)tongues are sharp swords.

(AK)Be exalted, O God, above the heavens!
    Let your glory be over all the earth!

They set (AL)a net for my steps;
    my soul was (AM)bowed down.
They (AN)dug a pit in my way,
    but they have fallen into it themselves. Selah
(AO)My heart is (AP)steadfast, O God,
    my heart is steadfast!
I will sing and make melody!
    (AQ)Awake, (AR)my glory![f]
Awake, (AS)O harp and lyre!
    I will awake the dawn!
I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples;
    I will sing praises to you among the nations.
10 For your (AT)steadfast love is great to the heavens,
    your faithfulness to the clouds.

11 (AU)Be exalted, O God, above the heavens!
    Let your glory be over all the earth!

God Who Judges the Earth

To the choirmaster: according to (AV)Do Not Destroy. A (AW)Miktam[g] of David.

58 Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods?[h]
    Do you judge the children of man uprightly?
No, in your hearts you devise wrongs;
    your hands (AX)deal out violence on earth.

The wicked are (AY)estranged from the womb;
    they go astray from birth, speaking lies.
(AZ)They have venom like the venom of a serpent,
    like the deaf adder that stops its ear,
so that it (BA)does not hear the voice of charmers
    or of the cunning enchanter.

O God, (BB)break the teeth in their mouths;
    tear out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord!
Let them (BC)vanish like water that runs away;
    when he (BD)aims his arrows, let them be blunted.
Let them be like the snail (BE)that dissolves into slime,
    like (BF)the stillborn child who never sees the sun.
Sooner than your pots can feel the heat of (BG)thorns,
    whether green or ablaze, may he (BH)sweep them away![i]

10 (BI)The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance;
    he will (BJ)bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 Mankind will say, “Surely there is (BK)a reward for the righteous;
    surely there is a God who (BL)judges on earth.”

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 56:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
  2. Psalm 56:5 Or they twist my words
  3. Psalm 56:8 Or wanderings
  4. Psalm 56:9 Or because
  5. Psalm 57:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
  6. Psalm 57:8 Or my whole being
  7. Psalm 58:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
  8. Psalm 58:1 Or you mighty lords (by revocalization; Hebrew in silence)
  9. Psalm 58:9 The meaning of the Hebrew verse is uncertain

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