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PSALM 56

Pleading for Help and Grateful Trust in God.

For the music director; according to Or The silent dove of those who are far off; or The dove of the distant terebinthsJonath elem rehokim. A Possibly Epigrammatic Poem; or Atonement PsalmMikhtam of David, 1 Sam 21:10, 11when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

1Be gracious to me, God, for a man has Or snapped attrampled upon me;
Or A fighting man Fighting all day long he oppresses me.
2My enemies have trampled upon me all day long,
For Or many are fightingthey are many who fight proudly against me.
3 Lit The day When I am afraid,
Or I am one who puts I will put my trust in You.
4In God, whose word I praise,
In God I have put my trust;
I shall not be afraid.
What can mere Lit fleshmortals do to me?
5All day long they distort my words;
All their Or purposesthoughts are against me for evil.
6They Or stir up strifeattack, they lurk,
They watch my Lit heelssteps,
As they have waited to take my Lit soullife.
7Because of their wickedness, will there be an escape for them?
In anger make the peoples fall down, God!
8You have taken account of my Or wanderingsmiseries;
Put my tears in Your bottle.
Are they not in Your book?
9Then my enemies will turn back on the day when I call;
This I know, Or becausethat God is for me.
10In God, whose word I praise,
In the Lord, whose word I praise,
11In God I have put my Or trust without feartrust, I shall not be afraid.
What can mankind do to me?
12Your vows are binding upon me, God;
I will render thanksgiving offerings to You.
13For You have saved my soul from death,
Or Have You not delivered Indeed my feet from stumbling,
So that I may walk before God
In the light of the Or lifeliving.