[1] To the chief music-maker; put to Jonath elem rehokim. Of David.
Michtam. When the Philistines took him in Gath. [2] \56:1\Have mercy on me,
O God, for man is attempting my destruction; every day he makes cruel
attacks against me. [3] \56:2\My haters are ever ready to put an end to me;
great numbers are lifting themselves up against me. [4] \56:3\In the time
of my fear, I will have faith in you. [5] \56:4\In God will I give praise
to his word; in God have I put my hope; I will have no fear of what flesh
may do to me. [6] \56:5\Every day they make wrong use of my words; all
their thoughts are against me for evil. [7] \56:6\They come together, they
are waiting in secret places, they take note of my steps, they are waiting
for my soul. [8] \56:7\By evil-doing they will not get free from
punishment. In wrath, O God, let the peoples be made low. [9] \56:8\You
have seen my wanderings; put the drops from my eyes into your bottle; are
they not in your record? [10] \56:9\When I send up my cry to you, my haters
will be turned back; I am certain of this, for God is with me. [11]
\56:10\In God will I give praise to his word; in the Lord will I give
praise to his word. [12] \56:11\In God have I put my hope, I will have no
fear of what man may do to me. [13] \56:12\I keep the memory of my debt to
you, O God; I will give you the offerings of praise. [14] \56:13\Because
you have taken my soul from the power of death; and kept my feet from
falling, so that I may be walking before God in the light of life.
