Psalm 56

A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath:
¹ Be gracious to me, God, for a man is trampling me;
he fights and oppresses me all day long.
² My adversaries trample me all day,
for many arrogantly fight against me.

³ When I am afraid,
I will trust in you.
⁴ In God, whose word I praise,
in God I trust; I will not be afraid.
What can mere mortals do to me?

⁵ They twist my words all day long;
all their thoughts against me are evil.
⁶ They stir up strife, they lurk,
they watch my steps
while they wait to take my life.
⁷ Will they escape in spite of such sin?
God, bring down the nations in wrath.

⁸ You yourself have recorded my wanderings.
Put my tears in your bottle.
Are they not in your book?
⁹ Then my enemies will retreat on the day when I call.
This I know: God is for me.

¹⁰ In God, whose word I praise,
in the Lord, whose word I praise,
¹¹ in God I trust; I will not be afraid.
What can mere humans do to me?

¹² I am obligated by vows to you, God;
I will make my thanksgiving sacrifices to you.
¹³ For you rescued me from death,
even my feet from stumbling,
to walk before God in the light of life.