| 56:1 | To the chief Musician upon Jonathelem-rechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be merciful to me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me. | |
| 56:2 | My enemies would daily swallow up: for many that fight against me, O thou Most High. | |
| 56:3 | In the time when I am afraid, I will trust in thee. | |
| 56:4 | In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do to me. | |
| 56:5 | Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts against me for evil. | |
| 56:6 | They assemble themselves, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul. | |
| 56:7 | Shall they escape by iniquity; in anger cast down the people, O God. | |
| 56:8 | Thou numberest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: not in thy book? | |
| 56:9 | When I cry , then shall my enemies turn back: this I know; for God for me. | |
| 56:10 | In God will I praise word: in the LORD will I praise word. | |
| 56:11 | In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do to me. | |
| 56:12 | Thy vows upon me, O God: I will render praises to thee. | |
| 56:13 | For thou hast delivered my soul from death: not my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living? | |