# Psalm 56

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###### v1 
Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me. 

###### v2 
My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me. 

###### v3 
When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you. 

###### v4 
In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me? 

###### v5 
All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil. 

###### v6 
They conspire and lurk, watching my steps. They are eager to take my life. 

###### v7 
Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, God. 

###### v8 
You count my wanderings. You put my tears into your container. Aren't they in your book? 

###### v9 
Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this: that God is for me. 

###### v10 
In God, I will praise his word. In Yahweh, I will praise his word. 

###### v11 
I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? 

###### v12 
Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you. 

###### v13 
For you have delivered my soul from death, and prevented my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.

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