Psalm 56 - Tree of Life Version

In God I Trust

¹ For the music director: “A Silent Dove Far Away,” a Michtam of David, when the Philistines had seized him in Gath.

² Be gracious to me, O God! For man has crushed me, fighting all day he oppresses me.

³ My foes trample me all day. For many are fighting me arrogantly.

⁴ In a day when I am afraid, I will put my trust in You.

⁵ In God—I keep praising His word— in God I trust, I will not fear. What can mere flesh do to me?

⁶ All day they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.

⁷ They stir up strife; they lie hidden. They mark my steps, eager to take my soul.

⁸ In spite of such sin, will they escape? In fierce anger, O God, cast down such people!

⁹ You have recorded my wanderings. You put my tears in Your bottle. Are they not in Your book?

¹⁰ Then my enemies will turn back in the day I call. This I know—that God is for me.

¹¹ In God—I keep praising His word— in Adonai—I keep praising His word—

¹² in God I trust, I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

¹³ I am under vows to You, O God. I will present thank offerings to You.

¹⁴ For You have delivered my soul from death and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.