Psalm 56:5-13
New International Version
5 All day long they twist my words;(A)
all their schemes are for my ruin.
6 They conspire,(B) they lurk,
they watch my steps,(C)
hoping to take my life.(D)
7 Because of their wickedness do not[a] let them escape;(E)
in your anger, God, bring the nations down.(F)
8 Record my misery;
list my tears on your scroll[b](G)—
are they not in your record?(H)
9 Then my enemies will turn back(I)
when I call for help.(J)
By this I will know that God is for me.(K)
10 In God, whose word I praise,
in the Lord, whose word I praise—
11 in God I trust and am not afraid.
What can man do to me?
Footnotes
- Psalm 56:7 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text does not have do not.
- Psalm 56:8 Or misery; / put my tears in your wineskin
Psalm 56:5-13
King James Version
5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
7 Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.
8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
9 When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.
10 In God will I praise his word: in the Lord will I praise his word.
11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
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