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Psalm 56 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

In God I Trust, I Shall Not Be Afraid

Psa 56:1

For the choir director. According to [fn]Jonath Elem Rehokim. A [fn]Mikhtam of David. [fn]When the Philistines seized him in Gath.

Be gracious to me, O God, for man has [fn]trampled upon me;

All day long, an attacker oppresses me.

Psa 56:2

My foes have [fn]trampled upon me all day long,

For many attack me proudly.

Psa 56:3

[fn]When I am afraid,

[fn]I will trust in You.

Psa 56:4

In God, whose word I praise,

In God I trust;

I shall not be afraid.

What can mere [fn]man do to me?

Psa 56:5

All day long they [fn]distort my words;

All their [fn]thoughts are against me for evil.

Psa 56:6

They [fn]attack, they lurk,

They watch my heels,

As they have hoped to take my [fn]life.

Psa 56:7

On account of their wickedness, will they have an escape?

In anger, bring down the peoples, O God!

Psa 56:8

You have taken account of my wanderings;

Put my tears in Your bottle.

Are they not in Your book?

Psa 56:9

Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call;

This I know, [fn]that God is for me.

Psa 56:10

In God, whose word I praise,

In Yahweh, whose word I praise,

Psa 56:11

In God I [fn]trust, I shall not be afraid.

What can man do to me?

Psa 56:12

Your vows are binding upon me, O God;

I will [fn]fulfill thank offerings to You.

Psa 56:13

[fn]For You have delivered my soul from death,

Indeed my feet from stumbling,

So that I may walk before God

In the light of the [fn]living.

LSB Footnotes
Or The silent dove of those who are far off, The dove of the distant terebinths
Possibly Epigrammatic Poem, Atonement Psalm
Or snapped at
Or snapped at
Lit In the day
Or I am one who puts
Lit flesh
Or trouble my affairs
Or purposes
Or stir up strife
Lit soul
Or because
Or trust without fear
Lit pay
Or Have You not delivered
Or life
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