Psalms 56
1 Be
merciful unto me, O
God: for
man would swallow me
up; he
fighting daily oppresseth me.
2 Mine
enemies would
daily swallow me up: for they be
many that
fight against me, O thou most
High. 3 What
time I am
afraid, I will
trust in thee.
4 In
God I will
praise his
word, in
God I have put my
trust; I will not
fear what
flesh can
do unto me.
5 Every
day they
wrest my
words: all their
thoughts are against me for
evil. 6 They gather themselves
together, they
hide themselves, they
mark my
steps, when they
wait for my
soul. 7 Shall they
escape by
iniquity? in thine
anger cast
down the
people, O
God. 8 Thou
tellest my
wanderings: put thou my
tears into thy
bottle: are they not in thy
book? 9 When I
cry unto thee, then shall mine
enemies turn back: this I
know; for
God is for me.
10 In
God will I
praise his
word: in the
LORD will I
praise his
word. 11 In
God have I put my
trust: I will not be
afraid what
man can
do unto me.
12 Thy
vows are upon me, O
God: I will
render praises unto thee.
13 For thou hast
delivered my
soul from
death: wilt not thou deliver my
feet from
falling, that I may
walk before God in the
light of the
living?