^56:0Trust in God under Persecution.
To the leader: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. Of David. A Miktam, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

^56:1Be gracious to me, O God, for people trample on me; all day long foes oppress me;

^56:2my enemies trample on me all day long, for many fight against me. O Most High,

^56:3when I am afraid, I put my trust in you.

^56:4In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I am not afraid; what can flesh do to me?

^56:5All day long they seek to injure my cause; all their thoughts are against me for evil.

^56:6They stir up strife, they lurk, they watch my steps. As they hoped to have my life,

^56:7so repay them for their crime; in wrath cast down the peoples, O God!

^56:8You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your record?

^56:9Then my enemies will retreat in the day when I call. This I know, that God is for me.

^56:10In God, whose word I praise, in the Lord , whose word I praise,

^56:11in God I trust; I am not afraid. What can a mere mortal do to me?

^56:12My vows to you I must perform, O God; I will render thank offerings to you.

^56:13For you have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from falling, so that I may walk before God in the light of life.