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Psalms 56
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Psalms56

In God I Trust
To the choirmaster: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. A 56:0 Ps. 16, title; 57, title Miktam56:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term of David, when the 56:0 [1 Sam. 21:10, 11; 22:1]Philistines seized him in Gath.

156:1 Ps. 57:1; See Ps. 4:1Be gracious to me, O God, for man 56:1 Ps. 57:3tramples on me;
all day long an attacker oppresses me;
2my enemies trample on me all day long,
for many attack me proudly.
3When I am afraid,
I 56:3 See Ps. 11:1put my trust in you.
4In God, whose word I praise,
in God I trust; 56:4 Ps. 27:1; 118:6; Isa. 51:12; Heb. 13:6I shall not be afraid.
What can flesh do to me?

5All day long they injure my cause;56:5 Or they twist my words
all their thoughts are against me for evil.
6They 56:6 Ps. 59:3; 140:2; Isa. 54:15stir up strife, they 56:6 Ps. 10:8lurk;
they 56:6 Ps. 71:10watch my steps,
as they have waited for my life.
7For their crime will they escape?
56:7 Ps. 7:6; 59:5In wrath 56:7 See Ps. 55:23cast down the peoples, O God!

8You have kept count of my tossings;56:8 Or wanderings
56:8 [Ps. 39:12; 2 Kgs. 20:5] put my tears in your bottle.
56:8 [Mal. 3:16]Are they not in your book?
9Then my enemies will turn back
56:9 Ps. 102:2in the day when I call.
This I know, that56:9 Or because56:9 Ps. 118:6; [Rom. 8:31]God is for me.
10In God, whose word I praise,
in the Lord, whose word I praise,
11in God I trust; 56:11 [See ver. 4above]I shall not be afraid.
What can man do to me?

12I must perform my 56:12 See Ps. 50:14vows to you, O God;
I will 56:12 See Ps. 50:14render thank offerings to you.
1356:13 Ps. 49:15; 116:8For you have delivered my soul from death,
yes, my feet from falling,
56:13 Ps. 116:9that I may walk before God
56:13 [Ps. 49:19]in the light of life.