# Psalm 56 To the choirmaster: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. 
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1. Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me; all day long an attacker oppresses me; 
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2. my enemies trample on me all day long, for many attack me proudly. 
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3. When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. 
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4. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me? 
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5. All day long they injure my cause; all their thoughts are against me for evil. 
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6. They stir up strife, they lurk; they watch my steps, as they have waited for my life. 
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7. For their crime will they escape? In wrath cast down the peoples, O God! 
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8. You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book? 
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9. Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call. This I know, that God is for me. 
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10. In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise, 
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11. in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me? 
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12. I must perform my vows to you, O God; I will render thank offerings to you. 
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13. For you have delivered my soul from death, yes, my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of life. 

(ESV)