Psalm 56:8
Literal Standard Version
Chapter overview
Psalm 56 speaks from capture among hostile Philistines, where enemies watch and twist words. Fear is acknowledged rather than denied, tears are remembered, and trust grows into confidence that human threats cannot finally prevail.
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1TO 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,
2My enemies have swallowed up all the day, || For many [are] fighting against me, O Most High,
3[In] the day I am afraid I am confident toward You.
4In God I praise His word, in God I have trusted, || I do not fear what flesh does to me.
5All the day they wrest my words, || All their thoughts [are] for evil concerning me,
6They assemble, they hide, they watch my heels, || When they have expected my soul.
7They escape by iniquity, || In anger put down the peoples, O God.
8You have counted my wandering, || You place my tear in Your bottle, || Are they not in Your scroll?
9Then turn back my enemies in the day I call. This I have known, that God [is] for me.
10In God I praise the word, || In YHWH I praise the word.
11In God I trusted, || I do not fear what man does to me,
12On me, O God, [are] Your vows, || I repay thank-offerings to You.
13For 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!
Verses to memorize from Psalm 56
- Psalm 56:3[In] the day I am afraid I am confident toward You.
- Psalm 56:8You have counted my wandering, || You place my tear in Your bottle, ||…
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