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          DASV: Psalm 56    

For the music director, according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths,
a Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath

1 Have mercy on me, O God,
     for people are trampling on me;
      all day long the one attacking oppresses me.
2 My enemies trample me all day long;
     for there are many attacking me, O Exalted One.

3 When I am afraid,
     I put my trust in you.
4 In God, I will praise his word,
      in God, I put my trust.
      I will not be afraid.
     What can flesh do to me?

5 All day long they twist my words;
     all their plotting is to harm me.
6 They stalk and hide in ambush;
     they mark my steps,
      expectantly waiting to take my life.

7 Because of their wickedness do not let them escape;
     in anger cast down these peoples, O God.
8 You keep track of my wanderings;
     you put my tears into your bottle.
           Are not they recorded in your scroll?

9 Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call for help;
     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 will not be afraid.
           What can mere humans do to me?

12 I will fulfill my vows to you, O God;
     I will present thank offerings to you.
13 For you have delivered my life from death;
     and my feet from stumbling,
           so that I may walk before God
     in the light of the living.

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