Psalms
Chapter 56World English Bible
Berean Standard Bible
1Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.
Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.
2My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me.
My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly assail me.
3When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.
When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.
4In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
In God, whose word I praise - in God I trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
5All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.
All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise.
6They conspire and lurk, watching my steps. They are eager to take my life.
They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.
7Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, God.
In spite of such sin, will they escape? In Your anger, O God, cast down the nations.
8You count my wanderings. You put my tears into your container. Aren’t they in your book?
You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle - are they not in Your book?
9Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this: that God is for me.
Then my enemies will retreat on the day I cry for help. By this I will know that God is on my side.
10In God, I will praise his word. In the LORD, I will praise his word.
In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise,
11I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
12Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you.
Your vows are upon me, O God; I will render thank offerings to You.
13For you have delivered my soul from death, and prevented my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.
For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
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