56:1 For the worship leader. A prayer of David to the tune “Silent Dove in the Distance,” when the Philistine oppressors seized him in Gath. Show mercy to me, O God, because people are crushing me— grinding me down like dirt underfoot—all day long. No matter what I do, I can’t get myself out from under them.
56:2 My enemies are crushing me, yes all day long, O Highest of High, for many come proud and raise their hands against me.
56:3 When struck by fear, I let go, depending securely upon You alone.
56:4 In God—whose word I praise— in God I place my trust. I shall not let fear come in, for what can measly men do to me?
56:5 All day long they warp my words; all their thoughts against me are mangled by evil.
56:6 They conspire, then lurk about. They eye my every move, Waiting to steal my very life.
56:7 Because they are wicked through and through, drag them out. In Your just anger, O God, cast them down!
56:8 You have taken note of my journey through life, caught each of my tears in Your bottle. But God, are they not also blots on Your book?
56:9 Then my enemies shall turn back and scatter on the day I call out to You. This I know for certain: God is on my side.
56:10 In God whose word I praise and in the Eternal whose word I praise—
56:11 In God I have placed my trust. I shall not let fear come in, for what can measly men do to me?
56:12 I am bound by Your promise, O God. My life is my offering of thanksgiving to You,
56:13 For You have saved my soul from the darkness of death, steadied my feet from stumbling So I might continue to walk before God, embraced in the light of the living.
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