Psalms 56

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