56:1 [For the choir director; according to [yonath elem rechokim]; a [miktam] by David when the Philistines captured him in Gath.] Have pity on me, O God, because people are harassing me. All day long warriors oppress me.
56:2 All day long my enemies spy on me. They harass me. There are so many fighting against me.
56:4 I praise the word of God. I trust God. I am not afraid. What can mere flesh [and blood] do to me?
56:5 All day long my enemies twist my words. Their every thought is an evil plan against me.
56:6 They attack, and then they hide. They watch my every step as they wait to take my life.
56:7 With the wrong they do, can they escape? O God, angrily make the nations fall.
56:8 (You have kept a record of my wanderings. Put my tears in your bottle. They are already in your book.)
56:9 Then my enemies will retreat when I call [to you]. This I know: God is on my side.
56:10 I praise the word of God. I praise the word of the LORD.
56:11 I trust God. I am not afraid. What can mortals do to me?
56:12 I am bound by my vows to you, O God. I will keep my vows by offering songs of thanksgiving to you.
56:13 You have rescued me from death. You have kept my feet from stumbling so that I could walk in your presence, in the light of life.
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