Psalmi 56

1 Bodi mi usmiljen, oh Bog, kajti človek me hoče požreti, borben je, dnevno me zatira.

Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresses me.

2 Moji sovražniki me hočejo vsak dan požreti, kajti mnogo jih je, ki se borijo zoper mene, oh ti Najvišji.

Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O you most High.

3 Kadar sem prestrašen, bom zaupal vate.

What time I am afraid, I will trust in you.

4 V Bogu bom hvalil njegovo besedo, v Boga sem položil svoje trdno upanje; ne bom se bal, kaj mi more storiti meso.

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 Vsak dan pačijo moje besede. Vse njihove misli so zoper mene za zlo.

Every day they shift my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.

6 Zbirajo se skupaj, skrivajo se, gledajo moje korake, ko čakajo na mojo dušo.

They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.

7 Ali bodo pobegnili s krivičnostjo? V svoji jezi potri ljudstva, oh Bog.

Shall they escape by iniquity? in your anger cast down the people, O God.

8 Ti pripoveduješ o mojih tavanjih. Moje solze si polagaš v svoj meh. Mar niso v tvoji knjigi?

You tell my wanderings: put you my tears into your bottle: are they not in your book?

9 Ko kličem k tebi, potem se bodo moji sovražniki obrnili proč. To vem, kajti Bog je zame.

When I cry unto you, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.

10 V Bogu bom hvalil njegovo besedo. V Gospodu bom hvalil njegovo besedo.

In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word.

11 V Boga sem položil svoje trdno upanje; ne bom se bal, kaj mi lahko stori človek.

In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.

12 Tvoje zaobljube so nad menoj, oh Bog, povrnil ti bom hvalnice.

Your vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto you.

13 Kajti mojo dušo si osvobodil pred smrtjo. Mar mojih stopal ne boš osvobodil pred padcem, da lahko hodim pred Bogom v svetlobi živih?

For you have delivered my soul from death: will not you deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?