Psalms 56

1 Unto the end. For the people who have become far removed from the Sacred. Of David, with the inscription of a title, when the Philistines held him in Gath. Have mercy on me, O God, because man has trampled over me. All day long, he has afflicted me by fighting against me.

2 My enemies have trampled over me all day long. For those who make war against me are many.

3 From the height of the day, I will be afraid. But truly, I will hope in you.

4 In God, I will praise my words. In God, I have put my trust. I will not fear what flesh can do to me.

5 All day long, they curse my words. All their intentions are for evil against me.

6 They will dwell and hide themselves. They will watch my heel, just as they waited for my soul;

7 because of this, nothing will save them. In your anger, you will crush the people.

8 O God, I have announced my life to you. You have placed my tears in your sight, and even in your promise.

9 Then my enemies will be turned back. On whatever day that I call upon you, behold, I know that you are my God.

10 In God, I will praise the word. In the Lord, I will praise his speech.

11 In God, I have hoped. I will not fear what man can do to me.

12 My vows to you, O God, are in me. I will repay them. Praises be to you.

13 For you have rescued my soul from death and my feet from slipping, so that I may be pleasing in the sight of God, in the light of the living.