Psalms 56

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 For the director. According to Yonath elem rehoqim. A miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him at Gath.	1 [For the choirmaster Tune: 'The oppression of distant princes' Of David In a quiet voice When thePhilistines seized him in Gath] Take pity on me, God, as they harry me, pressing their attacks home all day.
2 Have mercy on me, God, for I am treated harshly; attackers press me all the day.	2 Those who harry me lie in wait for me al day, countless are those who attack me from the heights.
3 My foes treat me harshly all the day; yes, many are my attackers. O Most High,	3 When I am afraid, I put my trust in you,
4 when I am afraid, in you I place my trust.	4 in God, whose word I praise, in God I put my trust and have no fear, what power has human strengthover me?
5 God, I praise your promise; in you I trust, I do not fear. What can mere flesh do to me?	5 Al day long they carp at my words, their only thought is to harm me,
6 All the day they foil my plans; their every thought is of evil against me.	6 they gather together, lie in wait and spy on my movements, as though determined to take my life.
7 They hide together in ambush; they watch my every step; they lie in wait for my life.	7 Because of this crime reject them, in your anger, God, strike down the nations.
8 They are evil; watch them, God! Cast the nations down in your anger!	8 You yourself have counted up my sorrows, col ect my tears in your wineskin.
9 My wanderings you have noted; are my tears not stored in your vial, recorded in your book?	9 Then my enemies wil turn back on the day when I cal . This I know, that God is on my side.
10 My foes turn back when I call on you. This I know: God is on my side.	10 In God whose word I praise, in Yahweh whose word I praise,
11 God, I praise your promise;	11 in God I put my trust and have no fear; what can mortal man do to me?
12 in you I trust, I do not fear. What can mere mortals do to me?	12 I am bound by the vows I have made, God, I will pay you the debt of thanks,
13 I have made vows to you, God; with offerings I will fulfill them,	13 for you have saved my life from death to walk in the presence of God, in the light of the living.
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.