| Chapter
56 |
| 1 | Be
merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily
oppresseth me. |
| 2 | Mine
enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O
thou most High. |
| 3 | What
time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. |
| 4 | In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my
trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. |
|
5 | Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts
are against me for evil. |
| 6 |
They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps,
when they wait for my soul. |
| 7 |
Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O
God. |
| 8 | Thou tellest my
wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book? |
| 9 | When I cry unto thee, then
shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me. |
| 10 | In God will I praise his word: in the
LORD will I praise his word. |
| 11
| In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto
me. |
| 12 | Thy vows are upon
me, O God: I will render praises unto thee. |
| 13 | For 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? |
