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Psalm 56 :: Hebrew Names Version (HNV)

Psa 56:1

Psa 56:1For the Chief Musician. To the tune "Silent Dove in Distant Lands." A miktam by David, when the Pelishtim seized him in Gat. Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.

Psa 56:2

Psa 56:2My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, For they are many who fight proudly against me.

Psa 56:3

Psa 56:3When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.

Psa 56:4

Psa 56:4In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?

Psa 56:5

Psa 56:5All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.

Psa 56:6

Psa 56:6They conspire and lurk, Watching my steps, they are eager to take my life.

Psa 56:7

Psa 56:7Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, God.

Psa 56:8

Psa 56:8You number my wanderings. You put my tears into your bottle. Aren't they in your book?

Psa 56:9

Psa 56:9Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this, that God is for me.

Psa 56:10

Psa 56:10In God, I will praise his word. In the LORD, I will praise his word.

Psa 56:11

Psa 56:11I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

Psa 56:12

Psa 56:12Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you.

Psa 56:13

Psa 56:13For 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.
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