SOTD Psalm 56

Psalm 56

In God I Trust

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

¹ Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me;
all day long an attacker oppresses me;
²my enemies trample on me all day long,
for many attack me proudly.
³When I am afraid,
I put my trust in you.
⁴In God, whose word I praise,
in God I trust; I shall not be afraid.
What can flesh do to me?

⁵All day long they injure my cause;^[q]
all their thoughts are against me for evil.
⁶They stir up strife, they lurk;
they watch my steps,
as they have waited for my life.
⁷For their crime will they escape?
In wrath cast down the peoples, O God!

⁸You have kept count of my tossings;^[r]
put my tears in your bottle.
Are they not in your book?
⁹Then my enemies will turn back
in the day when I call.
This I know, that^[s] God is for me.
¹⁰In God, whose word I praise,
in the LORD, whose word I praise,
¹¹in God I trust; I shall not be afraid.
What can man do to me?

¹²I must perform my vows to you, O God;
I will render thank offerings to you.
¹³ For you have delivered my soul from death,
yes, my feet from falling,
that I may walk before God
in the light of life.