Psalms 56

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
1 For the director. According to Yonath elem rehoqim. A miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him at Gath.	1 To the choirmaster: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be gracious to me, O God, for men trample upon me; all day long foemen oppress me;
2 Have mercy on me, God, for I am treated harshly; attackers press me all the day.	2 my enemies trample upon me all day long, for many fight against me proudly.
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 thee.
4 when I am afraid, in you I place my trust.	4 In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust without a fear. What can flesh do to me?
5 God, I praise your promise; in you I trust, I do not fear. What can mere flesh do to me?	5 All day long they seek to injure my cause; all their thoughts are against me for evil.
6 All the day they foil my plans; their every thought is of evil against me.	6 They band themselves together, they lurk, they watch my steps. As they have waited for my life,
7 They hide together in ambush; they watch my every step; they lie in wait for my life.	7 so recompense them for their crime; in wrath cast down the peoples, O God!
8 They are evil; watch them, God! Cast the nations down in your anger!	8 Thou hast kept count of my tossings; put thou my tears in thy bottle! Are they not in thy book?
9 My wanderings you have noted; are my tears not stored in your vial, recorded in your book?	9 Then my enemies will be turned back in the day when I call. This I know, that God is for me.
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 the LORD, whose word I praise,
11 God, I praise your promise;	11 in God I trust without a fear. What can man do to me?
12 in you I trust, I do not fear. What can mere mortals do to me?	12 My vows to thee I must perform, O God; I will render thank offerings to thee.
13 I have made vows to you, God; with offerings I will fulfill them,	13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, yea, my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
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.