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56 For the musical director: a song[fn] by David, written when the Philistines captured him at Gat.[ref] To be sung to the tune of “A dove on distant oak trees”.
56 Be merciful to me, God, because men are attacking me.
Those who fight me press their assault all day long.
2 My enemies trample me all day long,
because there are many who proudly fight against me.
3 Any time I’m afraid, I’ll put my trust in you—4 in God, whose message I praise.
≈I’ve put my trust in God—I won’t be afraid of what people can do to me?
5 All day long they twist my words.
They’re always thinking about how to harm me.
6 They conspire then lie hidden—watching my steps
as they just wait for the opportunity to take my life.
7 Don’t let them escape when they’ve done evil things.
In your anger, God, bring down those people groups.
8 You keep track of my wanderings
and put my tears into your bottle.
Aren’t they recorded in your book?
9 Then my enemies will pull back when call out to you for help.
I know that because God is for me.
10 In God—whose message I praise,
in Yahweh—whose message I praise,
I’m not scared—what can anyone do to me?
12 The duty to fulfill my promises to you is on me, God.
I’ll give thank-offerings to you
13 because you’ve rescued my life from death.
≈You’ve kept me from falling into danger,
so that I can walk in front of God in the light of the living.
56:0 In Hebrew, ‘miktam’ is perhaps the name of this class of song.
1Sam 21:11-15:
11 But Akish’s servants complained to him, “Isn’t that David who’ll become king of Israel? Isn’t he the one they sing about when they dance, chanting, ‘Sha’ul has killed his thousands, and David his tens of thousands?’ ”[ref]
12 David listened to those words without any reaction because he was very afraid of what King Akish might do,[ref] 13 so he changed his behaviour when he was with them and pretended to be insane. He scratched on wooden doors and let his saliva dribble down his beard.[ref] 14 Then King Akish complained to his servants, “Look, that man’s insane. Why did you all bring him to me? 15 Don’t I already have enough madmen around here—why add another? Must that man come into my house?”