Psalms 56 For the Chief Musician; set to Jonath elem rehokim. A Psalm of David. Michtam; when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: All the day long he fighting oppresseth me.

ASV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ For the Chief Musician; set to Jonath elem rehokim. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam; when the Philistines took him in Gath.

Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up:
All the day long he fighting oppresseth me. ² Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long;
For they are many that 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 have I put my trust, I will not be afraid;
What can flesh do unto 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 numberest my wanderings:
Put thou my tears into thy bottle;
Are they not in thy book? ⁹ Then shall mine 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 Jehovah (I will praise [his] word), ¹¹ In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid;
What can man do unto me? ¹² Thy vows are upon me, O God:
I will render thank-offerings unto thee. ¹³ For thou hast delivered my soul from death:
[Hast thou] not [delivered] my feet from falling,
That I may walk before God
In the light of the living?