Psalms 56 Be merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up. Fighting all the day long he oppresses me.

ACV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Be merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up. Fighting all the day long he oppresses me. ² My enemies would swallow me up all the day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me. ³ What time I am afraid, I will put my trust in thee. ⁴ In God I will praise his word. In God I have put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me? ⁵ All the day long they wrest my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil. ⁶ They gather themselves together. They hide themselves. They mark my steps, even as they have waited for my soul. ⁷ Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God. ⁸ Thou number my wanderings. Put thou my tears into thy bottle. Are they not in thy book? ⁹ Then shall my enemies turn back in the day that I call. This I know, that God is for me. ¹⁰ In God I will praise his word. In LORD I will praise his word. ¹¹ In God I have put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? ¹² Thy vows are upon me, O God. I will render thank offerings to thee. ¹³ For thou have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.