Psalms 56 · Clearspring

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” A Miktam + 56:1 Miktam is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 16 and 56–60. of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

Be Merciful to Me, O God

1 Samuel 21:8–15

¹Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.+ ²My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly assail me.+ ³When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.+ ⁴In God, whose word I praise — in God I trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?+ ⁵All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise.+ ⁶They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.+ ⁷In spite of such sin, will they escape? In Your anger, O God, cast down the nations.+ ⁸You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle — are they not in Your book?+ ⁹Then my enemies will retreat on the day I cry for help. By this I will know that God is on my side.+ ¹⁰In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise,+ ¹¹in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?+ ¹²Your vows are upon me, O God; I will render thank offerings to You.+ ¹³For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.+

Be Merciful to Me, O God

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