Psalm 56

	56:0  To the director of music according to The Silent Dove, 	Distant Ones.  A Miktam of David, when the Philistines 	seized him in Gath.

	56:1  Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me;
		    all day long an attacker oppresses me;

	56:2  my enemies crush me all day long,
		   for many attack me proudly.

	56:3  When I am afraid,
		    I put my trust in you.

	56:4  In God, whose word I praise,
		    in God I trust; I shall not be afraid.
		    What can flesh do to me?

	56:5  All day long they twist my words		    all their thoughts are against me for evil.
	
	56:6  They stir up strife, they lurk;
	          they watch my steps,
		     as they have waited for my life.

	56:7  Because of their wickedness do not let them escape;
		    In wrath cast down the peoples, O God!

	56:8  You have counted my movements.
		    Put my tears in your pouch.
		    Are they not in your book? [of record]

	56:9  Then my enemies will turn back
		       in the day when I call.
		    This I know, that God is for me.

	56:10  In God, whose word I praise,
			in the LORD, whose word I praise,

	56:11 in God I trust; I shall not be afraid.
			What can man do to me?

	56:12 I am obligated to fulfill the vows I made to you, O  	             God; 
		    I will give you the thank offerings 

	56:13  For you have delivered my life from death,
			Are not my feet kept from stumbling 
			to walk before God in the light of life?