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Psalm 56

Psalm

A psalm written by David for the choir director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments

56 God, listen to my prayer,

and do not turn away from me while I am pleading with you.

2 Listen to me and answer me

because I am overwhelmed by all my troubles.

3 My enemies terrify me;

wicked people oppress me.

They cause me to have great troubles;

they are angry with me, and they hate me.

4 I am terrified,

and I am very much afraid that I will die.

5 I am very fearful and I tremble;

I am completely terrified.

6 I said, “I wish that I had wings like a dove!

If I had wings, I would fly away and find a place to rest.

7 I would fly far away

and live in the wilderness.

8 I would quickly find a safe place

where my enemies could not strike me like a strong wind and rainstorm.”

9 Lord, confuse my enemies and cause their plans to fail.

I saw them hurting others by their violence and causing riots throughout the city.

10 During each day and night they march around on top of its walls,

committing crimes and causing trouble.

11 They destroy things everywhere.

They oppress people and defraud people in the marketplaces.

12 If it were an enemy who was making fun of me,

I could endure it.

If it were someone who hates me, who despises me,

I could hide from him.

13 But it is someone who is just like me, my companion,

someone who was my friend who is doing this to me.

14 We previously had many good talks together;

we walked around together in God’s temple.

15 I desire that my enemies will go down alive

to the place where the dead people are.

I want this because they do evil things in their homes.

16 But I will ask Yahweh, my God, to help me,

and he will save me.

17 Each morning, noontime, and evening I tell him what I am concerned about, and I moan,

and he hears my voice.

18 He saves my life and makes me safe

when I am fighting a terrible battle against my enemies.

There are many enemies coming to fight against me!

19 God is the one who has ruled everything forever,

and he will put those who fought against me in their place.

He will cause my enemies to be defeated and disgraced

because they do not change their evil behavior

and because they do not have any respect for God.

20 My companion, whom I mentioned previously, betrayed his friends

and broke the agreement that he made with them.

21 What he said was as easy to listen to as butter is easy to swallow,

but in his inner being he hated people;

his words were as soothing as olive oil,

but they hurt people as sharp swords do.

22 Put your troubles in Yahweh’s hands,

and he will take care of you;

he will never allow disaster to destroy righteous people.

23 God, you will cause murderers and liars to die before they have lived half as long as they expect to live;

but as for me, I will trust in you.

Psalm

A psalm written by David for the choir director, concerning the time the Philistines seized David in Gath; to be sung using the tune “Dove on distant oaks.”

56 God, act mercifully toward me because men are attacking me!

All day long an enemy presses closer and closer to me because they want to take my life.

2 All day long my enemies seek to crush the life from me,

there are many enemies attacking me!

3 But whenever I am afraid,

I trust in you.

4 God, I praise you because you do what you have promised;

I trust in you, and then I am not afraid.

Ordinary humans certainly cannot harm me!

5 All day long my enemies claim that I said things that I did not say;

they are always thinking of ways to harm me.

6 In order to cause trouble for me, they hide

and watch everything that I do,

waiting for an opportunity to kill me.

7 So, God, punish them for the wicked things that they are doing;

show that you are angry by defeating those people!

8 You have counted all the times that I have been wandering alone;

it is as though you have put all my tears in a bottle

so that you can see how much I have cried.

You have counted my tears and written the number in your book.

9 When I call out to you, my God, my enemies will be defeated;

I know that will happen because you are fighting for me.

10 I praise you that you do what you have promised;

Yahweh, I will always praise you for that.

11 I trust in you, and as a result, I will not be afraid.

I know that humans cannot really harm me!

12 I will bring to you the offering that I promised;

I will bring an offering to you to thank you

13 because you have rescued me from being killed;

you have kept me from stumbling.

And so I will continue to live with God every day

in his light that gives me life.