Psalms 56
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
King James Version with Apocrypha
1Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an inscription of a title, when he fled from Saul into the cave. [1 Kings 24]
1Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
2Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me: for my soul trusteth in thee. And in the shadow of thy wings will I hope, until iniquity pass away.
2Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.
3I will cry to God the most High; to God who hath done good to me.
3What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
4He hath sent from heaven and delivered me: he hath made them a reproach that trod upon me. God hath sent his mercy and his truth,
4In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
5And he hath delivered my soul from the midst of the young lions. I slept troubled. The sons of men, whose teeth are weapons and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
5Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
6Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, and thy glory above all the earth.
6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
7They prepared a snare for my feet; and they bowed down my soul. They dug a pit before my face, and they are fallen into it.
7Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.
8My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready: I will Sing, and rehearse a psalm.
8Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
9Arise, O my glory, arise psaltery and harp: I will arise early.
9When I cry unto thee , then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.
10I will give praise to thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing a psalm to thee among the nations.
10In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word.
11For thy mercy is magnified even to the heavens: and thy truth unto the clouds.
11In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
12Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth.
12Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
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13For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
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