Psalm 56: When I Am Afraid

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?