Testaments

Psalms - Chapter 56 - Bible Basic English

  1. To the chief music-maker; put to Jonath elem rehokim. Of David. Michtam. When the Philistines took him in Gath.
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  4. \Have mercy on me, O God, for man is attempting my destruction; every day he makes cruel attacks against me.
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  7. \My haters are ever ready to put an end to me; great numbers are lifting themselves up against me.
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  10. \In the time of my fear, I will have faith in you.
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  13. \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.
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  16. \Every day they make wrong use of my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.
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  19. \They come together, they are waiting in secret places, they take note of my steps, they are waiting for my soul.
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  22. \By evil-doing they will not get free from punishment. In wrath, O God, let the peoples be made low.
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  25. \You have seen my wanderings; put the drops from my eyes into your bottle; are they not in your record?
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  28. \When I send up my cry to you, my haters will be turned back; I am certain of this, for God is with me.
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  31. \In God will I give praise to his word; in the Lord will I give praise to his word.
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  34. \In God have I put my hope, I will have no fear of what man may do to me.
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  37. \I keep the memory of my debt to you, O God; I will give you the offerings of praise.
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  40. \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.