Psalms 56 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 To the overseer for the silent dove of those far off: to David, a poem in the rovers taking him in Gath. Compassionate me, O God, for man panted after me; warring all the day, he will press me. Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me; all day long an attacker oppresses me; For the director of music. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” Of David. A miktam. When the Philistines had seized him in Gath. Be merciful to me, my God, for my enemies are in hot pursuit; all day long they press their attack.
2 Mine enemies panted after me all the day: for many warring against me proudly. my enemies trample on me all day long, for many attack me proudly. My adversaries pursue me all day long; in their pride many are attacking me.
3 The day I shall be afraid I will trust to thee. When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.
4 In God I will praise his word, in God I trusted; I will not fear what flesh shall do to me. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me? In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?
5 All the day they will grieve my words: against me all their purposes for evil. All day long they injure my cause; all their thoughts are against me for evil. All day long they twist my words; all their schemes are for my ruin.
6 They will sojourn, they will hide, they will watch my heels as they waited for my soul. They stir up strife, they lurk; they watch my steps, as they have waited for my life. They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps, hoping to take my life.
7 For nothing is deliverance to them? In anger bring down the peoples, O God. For their crime will they escape? In wrath cast down the peoples, O God! Because of their wickedness do not let them escape; in your anger, God, bring the nations down.
8 Thou didst recount my wanderings: set thou my tears in thy bottle: are they not in thy book? You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book? Record my misery; list my tears on your scroll — are they not in your record?
9 Then will mine enemies turn back in the day I shall call: this I knew, that God is for me. Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call. This I know, that God is for me. Then my enemies will turn back when I call for help. By this I will know that God is for me.
10 In God I will praise the word: in Jehovah I will praise the word. In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise, In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise—
11 In God I trusted, I will not fear what man shall do to me. in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me? in God I trust and am not afraid. What can man do to me?
12 Upon me, O God, thy vows: I will repay praises to thee. I must perform my vows to you, O God; I will render thank offerings to you. I am under vows to you, my God; I will present my thank offerings to you.
13 For thou deliveredst my soul from death: are not my feet from falling, to go about before God in the light of the living? For you have delivered my soul from death, yes, my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of life. For you have delivered me from death and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
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