Psalm 56

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1} Be gracious to me, O God, because humankind has trampled me; fighting all the day he oppresses me. ^{Tools
2} My enemies trample all day, because many [are] attacking me proudly.

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3} {When} I fear, I trust you. ^{Tools
4} God, whose word I praise, God I trust; I do not fear. What can [mere] flesh do to me?

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5} All day they twist my words; all their thoughts [are] against me for evil. ^{Tools
6} They attack, they hide, they watch my {steps}, as they [lie in] wait for my life. ^{Tools
7} Because of iniquity will they escape? In anger cast down [the] peoples, O God.

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8} You have kept count of my wonderings. Put my tears in your bottle; [are they] not in your book? ^{Tools
9} Then my enemies will turn back {when} I call. This I know because God [is] for me.

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10} God, [whose] word I praise, Yahweh, [whose] word I praise, ^{Tools
11} God I trust; I do not fear. What can [mere] humankind do to me?

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12} [My] vows [to you], O God, [are binding] upon me. I will pay thank offerings to you, ^{Tools
13} because you have delivered my soul from death. [Have you] not [kept] my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?