Psalms 56
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- 1Be merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up; fighting daily, he oppresses me.
- 2My enemies would daily swallow me up, for there are many who fight against me, O Most High.
- 3Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in you.
- 4In God I will praise his word; in God I have put my trust. I will not fear what flesh can do to me.
- 5Every day they twist my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.
- 6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
- 7Shall they escape by iniquity? In your anger cast down the people, O God.
- 8You count my wanderings; put my tears into your bottle — are they not in your book?
- 9When I cry to you, then my enemies will turn back. This I know, for God is for me.
- 10In God I will praise his word; in the LORD I will praise his word.
- 11In God I have put my trust; I will not be afraid of what man can do to me.
- 12Your vows are upon me, O God; I will render praises to you.
- 13For you have delivered my soul from death — will you not deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?