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56:1  Be merciful to me, O God, because I am under attack; my enemies persecute me all the time.
56:2  All day long my opponents attack me. There are so many who fight against me.
56:3  When I am afraid, O Lord Almighty, I put my trust in you.
56:4  I trust in God and am not afraid; I praise him for what he has promised. What can a mere human being do to me?
56:5  My enemies make trouble for me all day long; they are always thinking up some way to hurt me!
56:6  They gather in hiding places and watch everything I do, hoping to kill me.
56:7  Punish them, O God, for their evil; defeat those people in your anger!
56:8  You know how troubled I am; you have kept a record of my tears. Aren't they listed in your book?
56:9  The day I call to you, my enemies will be turned back. I know this: God is on my side—
56:10  the Lord, whose promises I praise.
56:11  In him I trust, and I will not be afraid. What can a mere human being do to me?
56:12  O God, I will offer you what I have promised; I will give you my offering of thanksgiving,
56:13  because you have rescued me from death and kept me from defeat. And so I walk in the presence of God, in the light that shines on the living.