Psalms 56
World English Bible (WEB)
1 Ref > Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.
2 Ref My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, For they are many who fight proudly against me.
3 Ref When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.
4 Ref In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
5 Ref All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.
6 Ref They conspire and lurk, Watching my steps, they are eager to take my life.
7 Ref Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, God.
8 Ref You number my wanderings. You put my tears into your bottle. Aren't they in your book?
9 Ref Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this, that God is for me.
10 Ref In God, I will praise his word. In Yahweh, I will praise his word.
11 Ref I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
12 Ref Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you.
13 Ref For you have delivered my soul from death, And prevented my feet from falling, That I may walk before God in the light of the living.
King James Version (KJV)
1 Ref Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
2 Ref Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.
3 Ref What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
4 Ref In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
5 Ref Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
6 Ref They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
7 Ref Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.
8 Ref Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
9 Ref When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.
10 Ref In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word.
11 Ref In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
12 Ref Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
13 Ref For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?