56 ⁽⁰⁾ For the leader. Set to “The Silent Dove in the Distance.” By David; a mikhtam, when the P’lishtim captured him in Gat:

^2 (1) Show me favor, God;
for people are trampling me down —
all day they fight and press on me.
^3 (2) Those who are lying in wait for me
would trample on me all day.
For those fighting against me are many.

Most High, ^4 (3) when I am afraid,
I put my trust in you.
^5 (4) In God — I praise his word —
in God I trust; I have no fear;
what can human power do to me?
^6 (5) All day long they twist my words;
their only thought is to harm me.
^7 (6) They gather together and hide themselves,
spying on my movements, hoping to kill me.
^8 (7) Because of their crime, they cannot escape;
in anger, God, strike down the peoples.
^9 (8) You have kept count of my wanderings;
store my tears in your water-skin —
aren’t they already recorded in your book?
^10 (9) Then my enemies will turn back
on the day when I call;
this I know: that God is for me.

^11 (10) In God — I praise his word —
in Adonai — I praise his word —
^12 (11) in God I trust; I have no fear;
what can mere humans do to me?

^13 (12) God, I have made vows to you;
I will fulfill them with thank offerings to you.
^14 (13) For you rescued me from death,
you kept my feet from stumbling,
so that I can walk in God’s presence,
in the light of life.