Psalm 56

New Coverdale Version

Be merciful to me, O God, for my adversaries are treading me down; * they are daily fighting and troubling me.

My enemies go about hounding me daily, * for there are many who fight against me, O Most High.

Nevertheless, though I am sometimes afraid, * yet I put my trust in you.

In God whose word I praise, in God I trust and fear not, * for what can flesh do to me?

They daily distort my words; * all that they imagine is to do me evil.

They all gather together and lie in wait, * and mark my steps, while they seek after my life.

Shall they escape despite their wickedness? * O God, in your displeasure cast them down.

Whenever I call upon you, then shall my enemies be put to flight; * this I know, for God is on my side.

You record my lamentation; put my tears into your bottle. * Are not these things noted in your book?

In God, whose word I praise, * in the Lord, whose word I praise,

In God have I put my trust; * I will not be afraid, for what can mortals do to me?

Unto you, O God, will I pay my vows; * unto you will I give thanks.

For you have delivered my soul from death and my feet from stumbling, * that I may walk before God in the light of the living.