Psalm 56:1-8

Jubilee Bible 2000

To the Overcomer upon: The silent dove in a distant land, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath.

¹ ¶ Be merciful unto me, O God, for man would swallow me up; he oppresses me fighting me daily.

² My enemies would daily swallow me up, for they are many that fight against me, O thou most High.

³ When I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

⁴ In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.

⁵ Every day my life is filled with sorrow; 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 peoples, O God.

⁸ ¶ Thou tellest my wanderings; put my tears into thy bottle; are they not in thy book?