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In God I Trust

To the choirmaster: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. A Miktam^[a] of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

 Be gracious to me, O God, for man 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 put my trust in you.
⁴ In God, whose word I praise,
   in God I trust; I shall not be afraid.
   What can flesh do to me?

⁵ All day long they injure my cause;^[b]
all their thoughts are against me for evil.
⁶ They stir up strife, they lurk;
they watch my steps,
as they have waited for my life.
⁷ For their crime will they escape?
In wrath cast down the peoples, O God!

⁸ You have kept count of my tossings;^[c]
put my tears in your bottle.
Are they not in your book?
⁹ Then my enemies will turn back
in the day when I call.
This I know, that^[d] God is for me.
¹⁰ In God, whose word I praise,
in the Lord, whose word I praise,
¹¹ in God I trust; I shall not be afraid.
What can man do to me?

¹² I must perform my vows to you, O God;
I will render thank offerings to you.
¹³ For you have delivered my soul from death,
yes, my feet from falling,
that I may walk before God
in the light of life.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 56:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
2. Psalm 56:5 Or they twist my words
3. Psalm 56:8 Or wanderings
4. Psalm 56:9 Or because

Cross references:

1. Psalm 56:1 : Ps. 16, title; 57, title
2. Psalm 56:1 : [1 Sam. 21:10, 11; 22:1]
3. Psalm 56:1 : Ps. 57:1; See Ps. 4:1
4. Psalm 56:1 : Ps. 57:3
5. Psalm 56:3 : See Ps. 11:1
6. Psalm 56:4 : Ps. 27:1; 118:6; Isa. 51:12; Heb. 13:6
7. Psalm 56:6 : Ps. 59:3; 140:2; Isa. 54:15
8. Psalm 56:6 : Ps. 10:8
9. Psalm 56:6 : Ps. 71:10
10. Psalm 56:7 : Ps. 7:6; 59:5
11. Psalm 56:7 : See Ps. 55:23
12. Psalm 56:8 : [Ps. 39:12; 2 Kgs. 20:5]
13. Psalm 56:8 : [Mal. 3:16]
14. Psalm 56:9 : Ps. 102:2
15. Psalm 56:9 : Ps. 118:6; [Rom. 8:31]
16. Psalm 56:11 : [See ver. 4 above]; Ps. 27:1; 118:6; Isa. 51:12; Heb. 13:6
17. Psalm 56:12 : See Ps. 50:14
18. Psalm 56:12 : See Ps. 50:14
19. Psalm 56:13 : Ps. 49:15; 116:8
20. Psalm 56:13 : Ps. 116:9
21. Psalm 56:13 : [Ps. 49:19]