Psalms 56

KING JAMES BIBLE	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.	1 Unto the end. May you not destroy. Of David, with the inscription of a title, when he fled from Saul into a cave.
2 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.	2 Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me. For my soul trusts in you. And I will hope in the shadow of your wings, until iniquity passes away.
3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.	3 I will cry out to God Most High, to God who has been kind to me.
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 He sent from heaven and freed me. He has surrendered into disgrace those who trampled me. God has sent his mercy and his truth.
5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.	5 And he has rescued my soul from the midst of the young lions. I slept troubled. The sons of men: their teeth are weapons and arrows, and their tongue is a sharp sword.
6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.	6 Be exalted above the heavens, O God, and your glory above all the earth.
7 Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.	7 They prepared a snare for my feet, and they bowed down my soul. They dug a pit before my face, yet they have fallen into it.
8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?	8 My heart is prepared, O God, my heart is prepared. I will sing, and I will compose a psalm.
9 When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.	9 Rise up, my glory. Rise up, psaltery and harp. I will arise in early morning.
10 In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word.	10 I will confess to you, O Lord, among the peoples. I will compose a psalm to you among the nations.
11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.	11 For your mercy has been magnified, even to the heavens, and your truth, even to the clouds.
12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.	12 Be exalted above the heavens, O God, and your glory above all the earth.
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?