| 1 | (Psalm 56 For the Chief Musician; set to Jonath elem rehokim. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam: when the Philistines took him in Gath.)Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: All the day long he fighting oppresseth me. |
| 2 | Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; For they are many that fight proudly against me. |
| 3 | What time I am afraid, I will put my trust in thee. |
| 4 | In God (I will praise his word), In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can flesh do unto me? |
| 5 | All the day long they wrest my words: All their thoughts are against me for evil. |
| 6 | They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul. |
| 7 | Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God. |
| 8 | Thou numberest my wanderings: Put thou my tears into thy bottle; Are they not in thy book? |
| 9 | Then shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call: This I know, that God is for me. |
| 10 | In God (I will praise [his] word), In Jehovah (I will praise [his] word), |
| 11 | In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can man do unto me? |
| 12 | Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render thank-offerings unto thee. |
| 13 | For thou hast delivered my soul from death: [Hast thou] not [delivered] my feet from falling, That I may walk before God In the light of the living? |
