56:1  BE MERCIFUL {and} gracious to me, O God, for man would trample me {or} devour me; all the day long the adversary oppresses me.

56:2  They that lie in wait for me would swallow me up {or} trample me all day long, for they are many who fight against me, O Most High!

56:3  What time I am afraid, I will have confidence in {and} put my trust {and} reliance in You.

56:4  By [the help of] God I will praise His word; on God I lean, rely, {and} confidently put my trust; I will not fear. What can man, who is flesh, do to me?

56:5  All day long they twist my words {and} trouble my affairs; all their thoughts are against me for evil {and} my hurt.

56:6  They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they watch my steps, even as they have [expectantly] waited for my life.

56:7  They think to escape with iniquity, {and} shall they? In Your indignation bring down the peoples, O God.

56:8  You number {and} record my wanderings; put my tears into Your bottle--are they not in Your book?

56:9  Then shall my enemies turn back in the day that I cry out; this I know, for God is for me.

56:10  In God, Whose word I praise, in the Lord, Whose word I praise,

56:11  In God have I put my trust {and} confident reliance; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

56:12  Your vows are upon me, O God; I will render praise to You {and} give You thank offerings.

56:13  For You have delivered my life from death, yes, and my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of life {and} of the living.