{"book":"Psalms","slug":"psalms","ch":56,"genre":"poetry","sub":"The Book of Psalms","prev":"psalms/55","next":"psalms/57","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"1 Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.","f":["Miktam is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 16 and 56–60."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"1 Be merciful to me, O God,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for men are hounding me;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"all day they press their attack."}],"h":"Be Merciful to Me, O God","style":"pshdg"},{"v":2,"t":"My enemies pursue me all day [long], for many proudly assail me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"My enemies pursue me all day [long],"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for many proudly assail me."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"When I am afraid,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I put my trust in You."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":4,"t":"In God, whose word I praise — in God I trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"In God, whose word I praise —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"in God I trust."},{"style":"indent1","t":"I will not be afraid."},{"style":"indent2","t":"What can man do to me?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts [are] on my demise.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"All day long they twist my words;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"all their thoughts [are] on my demise."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":6,"t":"They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They conspire, they lurk,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they watch my steps"},{"style":"indent2","t":"while they wait to take my life."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"In spite of such sin, {will} they escape? In Your anger, O God, cast down the nations.","f":["Or do not let them escape; MT does not include do not."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"In spite of such sin, {will} they escape?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"In Your anger, O God, cast down the nations."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle — [are they] not in Your book?","f":["Or sorrows"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"You have taken account of my wanderings."},{"style":"indent2","t":"Put my tears in Your bottle —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[are they] not in Your book?"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":9,"t":"Then my enemies will retreat on the day I cry for help. By this I will know that God [is] on my side.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Then my enemies will retreat"},{"style":"indent2","t":"on the day I cry for help."},{"style":"indent2","t":"By this I will know that God [is] on my side."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"In God, whose word I praise,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"in the LORD, whose word I praise,"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":11,"t":"in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"in God I trust; I will not be afraid."},{"style":"indent2","t":"What can man do to me?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"Your vows [are] upon me, O God; I will render thank offerings to You.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Your vows [are] upon me, O God;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I will render thank offerings to You."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":13,"t":"For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For You have delivered my soul from death,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and my feet from stumbling,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"that I may walk before God"},{"style":"indent2","t":"in the light of life."}],"style":"indent1"}],"superscription":"For the choirmaster. To the tune of “ A Dove on Distant Oaks.” A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath."}