56:1 [For the music director; according to ①Jonath elem rehokim. A ②Mikhtam of David, ③when the Philistines seized him in Gath.]
Be gracious to me, God, for a man has ④trampled upon me;
⑤Fighting all day long he oppresses me.
▷ ①Or The silent dove of those who are far off; or The dove of the distant terebinths ②Possibly Epigrammatic Poem; or Atonement Psalm ③1 Sam 21:10, 11 ④Or snapped at ⑤Or A fighting man
56:2 My enemies have trampled upon me all day long,
For ①they are many who fight proudly against me.
▷ ①Or many are fighting
56:3 ①When I am afraid,
②I will put my trust in You.
▷ ①Lit The day ②Or I am one who puts
56:4 In God, whose word I praise,
In God I have put my trust;
I shall not be afraid.
What can mere ①mortals do to me?
▷ ①Lit flesh
56:5 All day long they distort my words;
All their ①thoughts are against me for evil.
▷ ①Or purposes
56:6 They ①attack, they lurk,
They watch my ②steps,
As they have waited to take my ③life.
▷ ①Or stir up strife ②Lit heels ③Lit soul
56:7 Because of their wickedness, will there be an escape for them?
In anger make the peoples fall down, God!
56:8 You have taken account of my ①miseries;
Put my tears in Your bottle.
Are they not in Your book?
▷ ①Or wanderings
56:9 Then my enemies will turn back on the day when I call;
This I know, ①that God is for me.
▷ ①Or because
56:10 In God, whose word I praise,
In the LORD, whose word I praise,
56:11 In God I have put my ①trust, I shall not be afraid.
What can mankind do to me?
▷ ①Or trust without fear
56:12 Your vows are binding upon me, God;
I will render thanksgiving offerings to You.
56:13 For You have saved my soul from death,
①Indeed my feet from stumbling,
So that I may walk before God
In the light of the ②living.
▷ ①Or Have You not delivered ②Or life