Psalm 56
A Call for God’s Protection
For the choir director: according to “A Silent Dove Far Away.”[a] A Davidic Miktam. When the Philistines seized him in Gath.
1 Be gracious to me, God, for man tramples me;
he fights and oppresses me all day long.
2 My adversaries trample me all day,
for many arrogantly fight against me.[b]
I will trust in You.
4 In God, whose word I praise,
in God I trust; I will not fear.
What can man do to me?
all their thoughts against me are evil.
6 They stir up strife,[c] they lurk;
they watch my steps
while they wait to take my life.
7 Will they escape in spite of such sin?
God, bring down the nations in wrath.
Put my tears in Your bottle.
Are they not in Your records?
9 Then my enemies will retreat on the day when I call.
This I know: God is for me.
in the Lord, whose word I praise,
11 in God I trust; I will not fear.
What can man do to me?
I will make my thank offerings to You.
13 For You delivered me from death,
even my feet from stumbling,
to walk before God in the light of life.
Footnotes
- Psalm 56:1 Possibly a tune
- Psalm 56:2 Or many fight against me, O exalted One, or many fight against me from the heights
- Psalm 56:6 Or They attack
- Psalm 56:8 Or misery
- Psalm 56:12 Lit On me the vows