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(For the music leader. To the tune “A Silent Dove in the Distance.”[a] A special psalm by David when the Philistines captured him in Gath.)

A Prayer of Trust in God

(A) Have pity, God Most High!
    My enemies chase me all day.
Many of them are pursuing
    and attacking me,
but even when I am afraid,
    I keep on trusting you.
I praise your promises!
I trust you and am not afraid.
    No one can harm me.

Enemies spend the whole day
    finding fault with me;
all they think about
    is how to do me harm.
They attack from ambush,
watching my every step
    and hoping to kill me.
They won't get away[b]
    with these crimes, God,
because when you get angry,
    you destroy people.

You have kept record
    of my days of wandering.
You have stored my tears
in your bottle
    and counted each of them.

When I pray, Lord God,
    my enemies will retreat,
because I know for certain
    that you are with me.
10 I praise your promises!
11 I trust you and am not afraid.
    No one can harm me.

12 I will keep my promises
to you, my God,
    and bring you gifts.
13 You protected me from death
    and kept me from stumbling,
so that I would please you
and follow the light
    that leads to life.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 56 A Silent … Distance: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
  2. 56.7 They … away: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

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