Psalms 56
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.
1Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an inscription of a title, when he fled from Saul into the cave. [1 Kings 24]
2My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against 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.
3When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.
3I will cry to God the most High; to God who hath done good to me.
4In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
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,
5All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.
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.
6They conspire and lurk, watching my steps. They are eager to take my life.
6Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, and thy glory above all the earth.
7Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, God.
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.
8You count my wanderings. You put my tears into your container. Aren’t they in your book?
8My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready: I will Sing, and rehearse a psalm.
9Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this: that God is for me.
9Arise, O my glory, arise psaltery and harp: I will arise early.
10In God, I will praise his word. In the LORD, I will praise his word.
10I will give praise to thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing a psalm to thee among the nations.
11I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
11For thy mercy is magnified even to the heavens: and thy truth unto the clouds.
12Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you.
12Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth.
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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