Psalms 56:1 (ASV)
Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: All the day long he fighting oppresseth me.

Psalms 56:2 (ASV)
Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; For they are many that fight proudly against me.

Psalms 56:3 (ASV)
What time I am afraid, I will put my trust in thee.

Psalms 56:4 (ASV)
In God (I will praise his word), In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can flesh do unto me?

Psalms 56:5 (ASV)
All the day long they wrest my words: All their thoughts are against me for evil.

Psalms 56:6 (ASV)
They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.

Psalms 56:7 (ASV)
Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God.

Psalms 56:8 (ASV)
Thou numberest my wanderings: Put thou my tears into thy bottle; Are they not in thy book?

Psalms 56:9 (ASV)
Then shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call: This I know, that God is for me.

Psalms 56:10 (ASV)
In God (I will praise `his' word), In Jehovah (I will praise `his' word),

Psalms 56:11 (ASV)
In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can man do unto me?

Psalms 56:12 (ASV)
Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render thank-offerings unto thee.

Psalms 56:13 (ASV)
For thou hast delivered my soul from death: `Hast thou' not `delivered' my feet from falling, That I may walk before God In the light of the living?
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