Psalms 56
1 For the leader. On jonath elem rehokim. Of David. A michtam, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. O God, be gracious to me, for people trample upon me, all the day righting and pressing me.
Be merciful unto me, O Elohim: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
2 All the day enemies trample me; many there be who contend with me bitterly.
Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.
3 In the day of my terror I trust in you.
What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
4 In God I maintain my cause, in God I fearlessly trust. What can flesh do to me?
In Elohim I will praise his word, in Elohim I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
5 They torture me all the day, they ceaselessly plan to hurt me,
Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
6 banded together in secret, watching my every step, as those who hope for my death.
They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
7 Pay them out for their sin, O God, hurl down the strong in your anger.
Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O Elohim.
8 You yourself count my wanderings. Put in your bottle my tears are they not in your book?
Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
9 Then shall my foes be turned back in the day that I call. Of this I am sure, because God is for me.
When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for Elohim is for me.
10 In God I maintain my cause, in the Lord I maintain my cause.
In Elohim will I praise his word: in YHWH will I praise his word.
11 In God I fearlessly trust, what can people do to me?
In Elohim have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
12 Your vows are upon me, O God, I will render thank-offerings to you;
Thy vows are upon me, O Elohim: I will render praises unto thee.
13 because you have saved me from death, my feet from stumbling, to the end that I walk before God in the light of the living.
For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before Elohim in the light of the living?
