English Standard Version

Psalm 56:1-9 English Standard Version (ESV)

1. Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me;all day long an attacker oppresses me;

2. my enemies trample on me all day long,for many attack me proudly.

3. When I am afraid,I put my trust in you.

4. In God, whose word I praise,in God I trust; I shall not be afraid.What can flesh do to me?

5. All day long they injure my cause;all their thoughts are against me for evil.

6. They stir up strife, they lurk;they watch my steps,as they have waited for my life.

7. For their crime will they escape? In wrath cast down the peoples, O God!

8. You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book?

9. Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call.This I know, that God is for me.