In God I Trust
To the choirmaster: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. A Ps. 16, title;57, titleMiktam56:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term of David, when the [1 Sam. 21:10,11;22:1]Philistines seized him in Gath.
1 Ps. 57:1;See Ps. 4:1Be gracious to me, O God, for man Ps. 57:3tramples on me;
all day long an attacker oppresses me;
2 my enemies trample on me all day long,
for many attack me proudly.
3 When I am afraid,
I See Ps. 11:1put my trust in you.
4 In God, whose word I praise,
in God I trust; Ps. 27:1;118:6;Isa. 51:12;Heb. 13:6I shall not be afraid.
What can flesh do to me?
5 All day long they injure my cause;56:5 Or they twist my words
all their thoughts are against me for evil.
6 They Ps. 59:3;140:2;Isa. 54:15stir up strife, they Ps. 10:8lurk;
they Ps. 71:10watch my steps,
as they have waited for my life.
7 For their crime will they escape?
Ps. 7:6;59:5In wrath See Ps. 55:23cast down the peoples, O God!
8 You have kept count of my tossings;56:8 Or wanderings
[Ps. 39:12;2 Kgs. 20:5] put my tears in your bottle.
[Mal. 3:16]Are they not in your book?
9 Then my enemies will turn back
Ps. 102:2in the day when I call.
This I know, that56:9 Or becausePs. 118:6;[Rom. 8:31]God is for me.
10 In God, whose word I praise,
in the Lord, whose word I praise,
11 in God I trust; [See ver. 4above]I shall not be afraid.
What can man do to me?
12 I must perform my See Ps. 50:14vows to you, O God;
I will See Ps. 50:14render thank offerings to you.
13 Ps. 49:15;116:8For you have delivered my soul from death,
yes, my feet from falling,
Ps. 116:9that I may walk before God
[Ps. 49:19]in the light of life.