Psalms 56ESV

1Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me; all day long an attacker oppresses me;

2my enemies trample on me all day long, for many attack me proudly.

3When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.

4In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?

5All day long they injure my cause; all their thoughts are against me for evil.

6They stir up strife, they lurk; they watch my steps, as they have waited for my life.

7For their crime will they escape? 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 book?

9Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call. This I know, thatGod is for me.

10In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise,

11in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me?

12I must perform my vows to you, O God; I will render thank offerings to you.

13For you have delivered my soul from death, yes, my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.

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