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Psalms 56

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56 ‎(1) For the leader; on *yonath elem reḥokim*. Of David. A *michtam*; when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

‎(2) Have mercy on me, O God,

for men persecute me;

all day long my adversary oppresses me. ‎(3) My watchful foes persecute me all day long;

many are my adversaries, O Exalted One. ‎(4) When I am afraid, I trust in You, ‎(5) in God, whose word I praise,

in God I trust;

I am not afraid;

what can mortals do to me? ‎(6) All day long they cause me grief in my affairs,

they plan only evil against me. ‎(7) They plot, they lie in ambush;

they watch my every move, hoping for my death. ‎(8) Cast them out for their evil;

subdue peoples in Your anger, O God.

‎(9) You keep count of my wanderings;

put my tears into Your flask,

into Your record. ‎(10) Then my enemies will retreat when I call on You;

this I know, that God is for me. ‎(11) In God, whose word I praise,

in the LORD, whose word I praise, ‎(12) in God I trust;

I am not afraid;

what can man do to me? ‎(13) I must pay my vows to You, O God;

I will render thank offerings to You. ‎(14) For You have saved me from death,

my foot from stumbling,

that I may walk before God in the light of life.

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Version: Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures, published by JPS

Source: https://jps.org/books/tanakh-the-holy-scriptures-blue/

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