Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)
In God I Trust
Psalm 56
1 For the music director: “A Silent Dove Far Away,” a Michtam of David, when the Philistines had seized him in Gath.
2 Be gracious to me, O God!
For man has crushed me,
fighting all day he oppresses me.
3 My foes trample me all day.
For many are fighting me arrogantly.
4 In a day when I am afraid,
I will put my trust in You.
5 In God—I keep praising His word—
in God I trust, I will not fear.
What can mere flesh do to me?
6 All day they twist my words.
All their thoughts are against me for evil.
7 They stir up strife; they lie hidden.
They mark my steps, eager to take my soul.
8 In spite of such sin, will they escape?
In fierce anger, O God, cast down such people!
9 You have recorded my wanderings.
You put my tears in Your bottle.
Are they not in Your book?
10 Then my enemies will turn back in the day I call.
This I know—that God is for me.
11 In God—I keep praising His word—
in Adonai—I keep praising His word—
12 in God I trust, I will not be afraid.
What can man do to me?
13 I am under vows to You, O God.
I will present thank offerings to You.
14 For You have delivered my soul from death
and my feet from stumbling,
that I may walk before God in the light of life.
11 Moreover, the word of Adonai came to me, saying, “What do you see, Jeremiah?”
I answered, “I see an almond branch.”
12 Then Adonai said to me, “You have seen correctly, for I am watching over[a] My word to perform it.”
13 The word of Adonai came to me a second time, saying, “What do you see?”
I replied, “I see a boiling pot that is tilting away from the north.”
14 Then Adonai said to me:
“From the north, disaster will be poured out
on all the inhabitants of the land.
15 Behold! I am calling all the families
of the kingdoms of the north.”
It is a declaration of Adonai.
“So they will come and each will set up his throne
at the entry of the gates of Jerusalem,
against all her surrounding walls
and against all the cities of Judah.
16 I will pronounce My judgments on them for all their wickedness—
they have forsaken Me,
offering incense to other gods,
worshipping the works of their hands.
17 Now, you, gird up your loins!
Get up and tell them everything that I order you!
Do not be terrified by them,
or else I will terrify you before them.
18 Look, today I have set you up
as a fortified city—
an iron pillar and bronze walls—
against the whole land,
against the kings of Judah, its princes
against its kohanim,
and against the people of the land.
19 Though they will fight against you,
they will not win,
for I am with you, to deliver you.”
It is a declaration of Adonai.
41 As He drew near and saw Jerusalem, He wept over her, 42 saying, “If only you had recognized this day the things that lead to shalom! But now they are hidden from your eyes. 43 For the days will come upon you when your enemies will surround you with barricades and hem you in on all sides. [a] 44 And they will smash you to the ground—you and your children within you. And they won’t leave within you one stone upon another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.”
Tree of Life (TLV) Translation of the Bible. Copyright © 2015 by The Messianic Jewish Family Bible Society.