Psalm 56
Darby Translation · 13 verses
To the chief Musician. On Jonathelem-rechokim. Of David. Michtam; when the Philistines took him in Gath.
1Be gracious unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: all the day long fighting he oppresseth me.2Mine enemies would swallow [me] up all the day long; for they are many that fight against me haughtily.3In the day that I am afraid, I will confide in thee.4In God will I praise his word, in God I put my confidence: I will not fear; what can flesh do unto me?5All the day long they wrest my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves; they mark my steps, because they wait for my soul.7Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God.8Thou countest my wanderings; put my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?9Then shall mine enemies return backward in the day when I call: this I know, for God is for me.10In God will I praise [his] word; in Jehovah will I praise [his] word.11In God have I put my confidence: I will not fear; what can man do unto me?12Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render thanks unto thee.13For thou hast delivered my soul from death; [wilt thou] not [keep] my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?Darby's Synopsis
Psalm 56 expresses the sense of the bitter and relentless enmity of the wicked, but the tears of the godly are put in God's bottle. God is owned as the Most High, the title of promise but not of covenant (that of covenant is Jehovah); and here the remnant are cast out. But the word of God is a sure trusting place.
Text: J. N. Darby, The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation from the Original Languages, public domain. Emphasized words are Darby's own. Provenance on the sources page.