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Pleading for Help and Grateful Trust in God.

For the music director; according to [a]Jonath elem rehokim. A [b]Mikhtam of David, [c]when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

56 
Be gracious to me, God, for a man has [d]trampled upon me;

[e]Fighting all day long he oppresses me.

2 My enemies have trampled upon me all day long,

For [f]they are many who fight proudly against me.

3 [g]When I am afraid,

[h]I will put my trust in You.

4 In God, whose word I praise,

In God I have put my trust;

I shall not be afraid.

What can mere [i]mortals do to me?

5 All day long they distort my words;

All their [j]thoughts are against me for evil.

6 They [k]attack, they lurk,

They watch my [l]steps,

As they have waited to take my [m]life.

7 Because of their wickedness, will there be an escape for them?

In anger make the peoples fall down, God!

8 You have taken account of my [n]miseries;

Put my tears in Your bottle.

Are they not in Your book?

9 Then my enemies will turn back on the day when I call;

This I know, [o]that God is for me.

10 In God, whose word I praise,

In the Lord, whose word I praise,

11 In God I have put my [p]trust, I shall not be afraid.

What can mankind do to me?

12 Your vows are binding upon me, God;

I will render thanksgiving offerings to You.

13 For You have saved my soul from death,

[q]Indeed my feet from stumbling,

So that I may walk before God

In the light of the [r]living.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 56 Title Or The silent dove of those who are far off; or The dove of the distant terebinths
  2. Psalm 56 Title Possibly Epigrammatic Poem; or Atonement Psalm
  3. Psalm 56 Title 1 Sam 21:10, 11
  4. Psalm 56:1 Or snapped at
  5. Psalm 56:1 Or A fighting man
  6. Psalm 56:2 Or many are fighting
  7. Psalm 56:3 Lit The day
  8. Psalm 56:3 Or I am one who puts
  9. Psalm 56:4 Lit flesh
  10. Psalm 56:5 Or purposes
  11. Psalm 56:6 Or stir up strife
  12. Psalm 56:6 Lit heels
  13. Psalm 56:6 Lit soul
  14. Psalm 56:8 Or wanderings
  15. Psalm 56:9 Or because
  16. Psalm 56:11 Or trust without fear
  17. Psalm 56:13 Or Have You not delivered
  18. Psalm 56:13 Or life