Psalms 56 - New Revised Standard Version(NRSVCI)

Trust in God under PersecutionTo the leader: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. Of David. A Miktam, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

1Be gracious to me, O God, for people trample on me;

all day long foes oppress me;

2my enemies trample on me all day long,

for many fight against me.

O Most High,

3when I am afraid,

I put my trust in you.

4In God, whose word I praise,

in God I trust; I am not afraid;

what can flesh do to me?

5All day long they seek to injure my cause;

all their thoughts are against me for evil.

6They stir up strife, they lurk,

they watch my steps.

As they hoped to have my life,

7so repay them for their crime;

in wrath cast down the peoples, O God!

8You have kept count of my tossings;

put my tears in your bottle.

Are they not in your record?

9Then my enemies will retreat

in the day when I call.

This I know, that God is for me.

10In God, whose word I praise,

in the Lord, whose word I praise,

11in God I trust; I am not afraid.

What can a mere mortal do to me?

12My vows to you I must perform, O God;

I will render thank offerings to you.

13For you have delivered my soul from death,

and my feet from falling,

so that I may walk before God

in the light of life.