New American Standard Bible 1995

Psalms 56:1-13

1 1 2 3Be gracious to me, O God, for man has 4 5trampled upon me; 6Fighting all day long he 7oppresses me.2My foes have 8 9trampled upon me all day long, For 10they are many who 11fight proudly against me.3 12When I am 13afraid, 14I will 15put my trust in You.4 16In God, whose word I praise, In God I have put my trust; I shall not be afraid. 17What can mere 18man do to me?5All day long they 19 20distort my words; All their 21 22thoughts are against me for evil.6They 23 24attack, they lurk, They 25watch my 26steps, As they have 27waited to take my 28life.7Because of wickedness, 29 30cast them forth, In anger 31put down the peoples, O God!

8You 32have taken account of my wanderings; Put my 33tears in Your bottle. Are they not in 34Your book?9Then my enemies will 35turn back 36in the day when I call; This I know, 37that 38God is for me.10In God, whose word I praise, In the Lord, whose word I praise,11In God I have put my 39trust, I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me?12Your 40vows are binding upon me, O God; I will render thank offerings to You.13For You have 41delivered my soul from death, 42Indeed 43my feet from stumbling, So that I may 44walk before God In the 45light of the 46living.

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Notes

1. Psalms 56:1 Or The silent dove of those who are far off, or, The dove of the distant terebinths ↩
2. Psalms 56:1 Possibly Epigrammatic Poem, or Atonement Psalm ↩
3. Psalms 56:1 1 Sam 21:10, 11 ↩
4. Psalms 56:1 Or snapped at ↩
5. Psalms 56:1 Ps 57:3 ↩
6. Psalms 56:1 Or A fighting man ↩
7. Psalms 56:1 Ps 17:9 ↩
8. Psalms 56:2 Or snapped at ↩
9. Psalms 56:2 Ps 35:25; 57:3; 124:3 ↩
10. Psalms 56:2 Or many are fighting ↩
11. Psalms 56:2 Ps 35:1 ↩
12. Psalms 56:3 Lit In the day ↩
13. Psalms 56:3 Ps 55:4, 5 ↩
14. Psalms 56:3 Or I am one who puts ↩
15. Psalms 56:3 Ps 11:1 ↩
16. Psalms 56:4 Ps 56:10, 11 ↩
17. Psalms 56:4 Ps 118:6; Heb 13:6 ↩
18. Psalms 56:4 Lit flesh ↩
19. Psalms 56:5 Or trouble my affairs ↩
20. Psalms 56:5 2 Pet 3:16 ↩
21. Psalms 56:5 Or purposes ↩
22. Psalms 56:5 Ps 41:7 ↩
23. Psalms 56:6 Or stir up strife ↩
24. Psalms 56:6 Ps 59:3; 140:2; Is 54:15 ↩
25. Psalms 56:6 Ps 17:11 ↩
26. Psalms 56:6 Lit heels ↩
27. Psalms 56:6 Ps 71:10 ↩
28. Psalms 56:6 Lit soul ↩
29. Psalms 56:7 Or will they have escape? ↩
30. Psalms 56:7 Ps 36:12; Prov 19:5; Ezek 17:15; Rom 2:3 ↩
31. Psalms 56:7 Ps 55:23 ↩
32. Psalms 56:8 Ps 139:3 ↩
33. Psalms 56:8 2 Kin 20:5; Ps 39:12 ↩
34. Psalms 56:8 Mal 3:16 ↩
35. Psalms 56:9 Ps 9:3 ↩
36. Psalms 56:9 Ps 102:2 ↩
37. Psalms 56:9 Or because ↩
38. Psalms 56:9 Ps 41:11; 118:6; Rom 8:31 ↩
39. Psalms 56:11 Or trust without fear ↩
40. Psalms 56:12 Ps 50:14 ↩
41. Psalms 56:13 Ps 33:19; 49:15; 86:13 ↩
42. Psalms 56:13 Or have You not delivered ↩
43. Psalms 56:13 Ps 116:8 ↩
44. Psalms 56:13 Ps 116:9 ↩
45. Psalms 56:13 Job 33:30 ↩
46. Psalms 56:13 Or life ↩

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