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Psalms 56
Be Merciful to Me, God
1Be 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. 10 In God, whose word I praise,
in the LORD, whose word I praise, 11 in God I trust; I shall not be afraid.
What can man do to me?
12 I must perform my vows to you, O God;
I will render thank offerings to you. 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.
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