Salmo 56

When I am afraid, I trust

¹For the music director. On yonath elem rechokim. Of David. A miktam, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. ²God, show me grace, for people trample on me; \q all day long they fight me and press me hard. ³My enemies hound me all day long; \q many are fighting against me in their arrogance.^{a 4}On the day fear strikes, \q I will rely on you. ⁵With God I celebrate his promise; \q in God I have put my trust and will not be afraid. \q What can mere flesh do to me? ⁶All day long they twist what I say; \q every plan they make is for my harm. ⁷They band together and hide; \q they watch my every step, \q eager to take my life. ⁸Will they get away with such wickedness? \q God, in anger throw down the nations.^{b 9}You yourself have kept count of my wanderings; \q store my tears in your flask. \q Are they not already in your record? ¹⁰When I call for help, my enemies will retreat; \q this much I know, God is on my side. ¹¹In God, whose promise I celebrate, \q in the LORD, whose promise I celebrate, ¹²in God I have put my trust; I will not fear. \q What can a mere human do to me? ¹³God, I am bound by the vows I made to you; \q I will pay them with offerings of thanks to you. ¹⁴For you have rescued me from death \q and kept my feet from slipping, \q so that I can walk with God \q in the light of the living.