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- Chapter 56 -

Be merciful to me, O God

(1 Samuel 21:8-15)
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TO THE OVERSEER. [SET] ON “A SILENT DOVE FAR OFF.” A MIKTAM OF DAVID, IN THE PHILISTINES’ TAKING HOLD OF HIM IN GATH. Favor me, O God, for man swallowed me up, || All the day fighting he oppresses me,
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My enemies have swallowed up all the day, || For many [are] fighting against me, O Most High,
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[In] the day I am afraid I am confident toward You.
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In God I praise His word, in God I have trusted, || I do not fear what flesh does to me.
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All the day they wrest my words, || All their thoughts [are] for evil concerning me,
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They assemble, they hide, they watch my heels, || When they have expected my soul.
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They escape by iniquity, || In anger put down the peoples, O God.
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You have counted my wandering, || You place my tear in Your bottle, || Are they not in Your scroll?
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Then turn back my enemies in the day I call. This I have known, that God [is] for me.
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In God I praise the word, || In YHWH I praise the word.
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In God I trusted, || I do not fear what man does to me,
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On me, O God, [are] Your vows, || I repay thank-offerings to You.
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For You have delivered my soul from death, || Do You not [keep] my feet from falling? To habitually walk before God in the light of the living!
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Be merciful to me, O God

(1 Samuel 21:8-15)
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Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.
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My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me.
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When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.
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In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
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All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.
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They conspire and lurk, watching my steps. They are eager to take my life.
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Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, God.
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You count my wanderings. You put my tears into your container. Aren’t they in your book?
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Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this: that God is for me.
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In God, I will praise his word. In the LORD, I will praise his word.
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I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
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Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you.
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For you have delivered my soul from death, and prevented my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.
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