Psalm 56 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Supplication for Deliverance and Grateful Trust in God.

Psa 56:1To the choirmaster: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be gracious to me, O God, for men trample upon me; all day long foemen oppress me;

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Psa 56:2my enemies trample upon me all day long, for many fight against me proudly.

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

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Psa 56:4In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust without a fear. What can flesh do to me?

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Psa 56:5All day long they seek to injure my cause; all their thoughts are against me for evil.

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Psa 56:6They band themselves together, they lurk, they watch my steps. As they have waited for my life,

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Psa 56:7so recompense them for their crime; in wrath cast down the peoples, O God!

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Psa 56:8Thou hast kept count of my tossings; put thou my tears in thy bottle! Are they not in thy book?

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Psa 56:9Then my enemies will be turned back in the day when I call. This I know, that God is for me.

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Psa 56:10In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise,

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Psa 56:11in God I trust without a fear. What can man do to me?

Psa 56:12

Psa 56:12My vows to thee I must perform, O God; I will render thank offerings to thee.

Psa 56:13

Psa 56:13For thou hast delivered my soul from death, yea, my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.

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Psalm 56 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Supplication for Deliverance and Grateful Trust in God.

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