Psalms 56

NEW JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
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.	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 Those who harry me lie in wait for me al day, countless are those who attack me from the heights.	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 When I am afraid, I put my trust in you,	3 I will cry out to God Most High, to God who has been kind to me.
4 in God, whose word I praise, in God I put my trust and have no fear, what power has human strengthover 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 Al day long they carp at my words, their only thought is to harm me,	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 together, lie in wait and spy on my movements, as though determined to take my life.	6 Be exalted above the heavens, O God, and your glory above all the earth.
7 Because of this crime reject them, in your anger, God, strike down the nations.	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 You yourself have counted up my sorrows, col ect my tears in your wineskin.	8 My heart is prepared, O God, my heart is prepared. I will sing, and I will compose a psalm.
9 Then my enemies wil turn back on the day when I cal . This I know, that God is on my side.	9 Rise up, my glory. Rise up, psaltery and harp. I will arise in early morning.
10 In God whose word I praise, in Yahweh whose word I praise,	10 I will confess to you, O Lord, among the peoples. I will compose a psalm to you among the nations.
11 in God I put my trust and have no fear; what can mortal man do to me?	11 For your mercy has been magnified, even to the heavens, and your truth, even to the clouds.
12 I am bound by the vows I have made, God, I will pay you the debt of thanks,	12 Be exalted above the heavens, O God, and your glory above all the earth.
13 for you have saved my life from death to walk in the presence of God, in the light of the living.