Psalms · Chapter 56
Psalms 56
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Be Merciful to Me, O God
(1 Samuel 21:8–15)
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” A Miktam 125 of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.
1Be merciful to me, O God,for men are hounding me;all day they press their attack.
2My enemies pursue me all day long,for many proudly assail me.
3When I am afraid,I put my trust in You.
4In God, whose word I praise—in God I trust.I will not be afraid.What can man do to me?
5All day long they twist my words;all their thoughts are on my demise.
6They conspire, they lurk,they watch my stepswhile they wait to take my life.
7In spite of such sin, will they escape?In Your anger, O God, cast down the nations.*
8You have taken account of my wanderings.Put my tears in Your bottle—are they not in Your book?*
9Then my enemies will retreaton the day I cry for help.By this I will know that God is on my side.
10In God, whose word I praise,in the LORD, whose word I praise,
11in God I trust; I will not be afraid.What can man do to me?
12Your vows are upon me, O God;I will render thank offerings to You.
13For You have delivered my soul from death,and my feet from stumbling,that I may walk before Godin the light of life.