Psalm 56

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Psalm 56 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Psalm 56

Trust in God under Persecution

To the leader: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. Of David. A Miktam, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

¹Be gracious to me, O God, for people trample on me;
    all day long foes oppress me;
²my enemies trample on me all day long,
    for many fight against me.
O Most High, ³when I am afraid,
    I put my trust in you.
⁴In God, whose word I praise,
    in God I trust; I am not afraid;
    what can flesh do to me?

⁵All day long they seek to injure my cause;
    all their thoughts are against me for evil.
⁶They stir up strife, they lurk,
    they watch my steps.
As they hoped to have my life,
⁷    so repay^[a] them for their crime;
    in wrath cast down the peoples, O God!

⁸You have kept count of my tossings;
    put my tears in your bottle.
    Are they not in your record?
⁹Then my enemies will retreat
    in the day when I call.
    This I know, that^[b] God is for me.
¹⁰In God, whose word I praise,
    in the Lord, whose word I praise,
¹¹in God I trust; I am not afraid.
    What can a mere mortal do to me?

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

Footnotes:

Psalm 56:7 Cn: Heb rescue
Psalm 56:9 Or because

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