# Psalms 56

- Translation: Berean Standard Bible
- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/56
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).

*For the choirmaster. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.*

## Text

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

## Places in this chapter

- **Gath 1** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/gath-1

## Each verse

- Psalms 56:1 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/56/1
- Psalms 56:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/56/2
- Psalms 56:3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/56/3
- Psalms 56:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/56/4
- Psalms 56:5 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/56/5
- Psalms 56:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/56/6
- Psalms 56:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/56/7
- Psalms 56:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/56/8
- Psalms 56:9 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/56/9
- Psalms 56:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/56/10
- Psalms 56:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/56/11
- Psalms 56:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/56/12
- Psalms 56:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/56/13