Psalms 56

1 For the music director. According to “Dove on Distant Oaks.” A psalm (miktam) of David concerning the time the Philistines captured him in Gath. God, please be gracious to me, for people are persecuting me; my attackers fight against me all day long.

in finem pro populo qui a sanctis longe factus est David in tituli inscriptione cum tenuerunt eum Allophili in Geth miserere mei Deus quoniam conculcavit me homo tota die inpugnans tribulavit me

2 My enemies chase me down all the time—there are many of them, attacking me in their arrogance.

conculcaverunt me inimici mei tota die quoniam multi bellantes adversum me

3 But when I'm afraid, I trust in you.

ab altitudine diei timebo ego vero in te sperabo

4 I thank God for his promises. I trust in God, so why should I be fearful? What can mere human beings do to me?

in Deo laudabo sermones meos in Deo speravi non timebo quid faciat mihi caro

5 They constantly twist my words against me; they spend all their time thinking of evil things to do to me.

tota die verba mea execrabantur adversum me omnia consilia eorum in malum

6 They gather together in their hiding places to keep watch on me, hoping to kill me.

inhabitabunt et abscondent ipsi calcaneum meum observabunt sicut sustinuerunt animam meam

7 Will they escape when they do so much evil? God, in anger bring these people down!

pro nihilo salvos facies illos in ira populos confringes Deus

8 You've kept track of all my wanderings. You've collected all my tears in your bottle. You've kept a record of each one.

vitam meam adnuntiavi tibi posuisti lacrimas meas in conspectu tuo sicut et in promissione tua

9 Then those who hate me will run away when I call for your help. For I know this: God is for me!

tunc convertentur inimici mei retrorsum in quacumque die invocavero te ecce cognovi quoniam Deus meus es

10 I thank God for his promises. I thank the Lord for his promises.

in Deo laudabo verbum in Domino laudabo sermonem

11 I trust in God, so why should I be fearful? What can mere human beings do to me?

in Deo speravi non timebo quid faciat mihi homo

12 God, I will keep my promises to you. I will give thank offerings to you,

in me sunt Deus vota tua; quae reddam laudationes tibi

13 for you have saved me from death and kept me from falling. Now I walk in the presence of God, in the light that gives life.

quoniam eripuisti animam meam de morte et pedes meos de lapsu ut placeam coram Deo in lumine viventium