Psalm 54; Psalm 56

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Psalm 54

The Lord Upholds My Life

To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Maskil1 of David, qwhen the Ziphites went and told Saul, “Is not David hiding among us?”

1  O God, save me by your name,

and vindicate me by your might.

2  O God, hear my prayer;

give ear to the words of my mouth.

3  For rstrangers2 have risen against me;

ruthless men seek my life;

they do not set God before themselves. Selah

4  Behold, God is my shelper;

the Lord is the upholder of my life.

5  tHe will return the evil to my enemies;

in your faithfulness uput an end to them.

6  With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to you;

vI will give thanks to your name, O Lord, wfor it is good.

7  For he has xdelivered me from every trouble,

and my eye has ylooked in triumph on my enemies.


Psalm 56

In God I Trust

To the choirmaster: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. A Miktam1 of David, jwhen the Philistines seized him in Gath.

1  Be gracious to me, O God, for man ktramples 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 put my ltrust in you.

4  In God, whose word I praise,

in God I trust; mI shall not be afraid.

What can flesh do to me?

5  All day long they injure my cause;2

all their thoughts are against me for evil.

6  They nstir up strife, they lurk;

they owatch my steps,

as they have waited for my life.

7  For their crime will they escape?

In wrath cast down the peoples, O God!

8  You have kept count of my tossings;3

put my tears in your bottle.

Are they not in pyour book?

9  Then my enemies will turn back

in the day when I call.

This I know, that4 qGod is for me.

10  In God, whose word I praise,

in the Lord, whose word I praise,

11  in God I trust; I shall not be afraid.

What can man do to me?

12  I must perform my vows to you, O God;

I will render thank offerings to you.

13  For you have rdelivered my soul from death,

yes, my feet from falling,

that I may swalk before God

in the tlight of life.