Psalms 56

¹ For the director. According to Yonath elem rehoqim. A miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him at Gath.

² Have mercy on me, God, for I am treated harshly; attackers press me all the day.

³ My foes treat me harshly all the day; yes, many are my attackers. O Most High,

⁴ when I am afraid, in you I place my trust.

⁵ God, I praise your promise; in you I trust, I do not fear. What can mere flesh do to me?

⁶ All the day they foil my plans; their every thought is of evil against me.

⁷ They hide together in ambush; they watch my every step; they lie in wait for my life.

⁸ They are evil; watch them, God! Cast the nations down in your anger!

⁹ My wanderings you have noted; are my tears not stored in your vial, recorded in your book?

¹⁰ My foes turn back when I call on you. This I know: God is on my side.

¹¹ God, I praise your promise;

¹² in you I trust, I do not fear. What can mere mortals do to me?

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.