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