Psalms 56

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.	1 For the director. According to Yonath elem rehoqim. A miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him at Gath.
2 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.	2 Have mercy on me, God, for I am treated harshly; attackers press me all the day.
3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.	3 My foes treat me harshly all the day; yes, many are my attackers. O Most High,
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.	4 when I am afraid, in you I place my trust.
5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.	5 God, I praise your promise; in you I trust, I do not fear. What can mere flesh do to me?
6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.	6 All the day they foil my plans; their every thought is of evil against me.
7 Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.	7 They hide together in ambush; they watch my every step; they lie in wait for my life.
8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?	8 They are evil; watch them, God! Cast the nations down in your anger!
9 When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.	9 My wanderings you have noted; are my tears not stored in your vial, recorded in your book?
10 In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word.	10 My foes turn back when I call on you. This I know: God is on my side.
11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.	11 God, I praise your promise;
12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.	12 in you I trust, I do not fear. What can mere mortals do to me?
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?	13 I have made vows to you, God; with offerings I will fulfill them,
	14 Once you have snatched me from death, kept my feet from stumbling, That I may walk before God in the light of the living.