PSALM 56 [†]  r Be gracious to me, O God, for man  s tramples on me;

all day long an attacker oppresses me;

2 my enemies trample on me all day long,

for many attack me proudly.

3[^] When I am afraid,

I  t put my trust in you.

4 In God, whose word I praise,

in God I trust;  u I shall not be afraid.

What can flesh do to me?

5[†] All day long they injure my cause; [2]

all their thoughts are against me for evil.

6 They  v stir up strife, they  w lurk;

they  x watch my steps,

as they have waited for my life.

7 For their crime will they escape?

 y In wrath  z cast down the peoples, O God!

8[†] You have kept count of my tossings; [3]

 a put my tears in your bottle.

 b Are they not in your book?

9 Then my enemies will turn back

 c in the day when I call.

This I know, that [4]  d God is for me.

10 In God, whose word I praise,

in the LORD, whose word I praise,

11 in God I trust;  u I shall not be afraid.

What can man do to me?

12[†] I must perform my  e vows to you, O God;

I will  e render thank offerings to you.

13[^][†]  f For you have delivered my soul from death,

yes, my feet from falling,

 g that I may walk before God

 h in the light of life.

To the choirmaster: according to  i Do Not Destroy. A  j Miktam [1] of David, when he fled from Saul, in  k the cave.