Psalms 56:1 ←
Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.
Psalms 56:2 ←
My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me.
Psalms 56:3 ←
When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.
Psalms 56:4 ←
In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
Psalms 56:5 ←
All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.
Psalms 56:6 ←
They conspire and lurk, watching my steps. They are eager to take my life.
Psalms 56:7 ←
Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, God.
Psalms 56:8 ←
You count my wanderings. You put my tears into your container. Aren’t they in your book?
Psalms 56:9 ←
Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this: that God is for me.
Psalms 56:10 ←
In God, I will praise his word. In Yahweh, I will praise his word.
Psalms 56:11 ←
I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
Psalms 56:12 ←
Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you.
Psalms 56:13 ←
For you have delivered my soul from death, and prevented my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.
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