Psalm 56
Despite fear, David trusts in God. He declares that in God he will not be afraid of what mere mortals can do. God collects his tears in a bottle.
PsalmsPsalm 56 of 15013 versesBerean Standard Bible
In this passage: GathPhilistia
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For the choirmaster. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.
Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.
My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly assail me.
When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.
In God, whose word I praise—in God I trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise.
They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.
In spite of such sin, will they escape? In Your anger, O God, cast down the nations.
You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle—are they not in Your book?
Then my enemies will retreat on the day I cry for help. By this I will know that God is on my side.
In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise,
in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
Your vows are upon me, O God; I will render thank offerings to You.
For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
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“I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.”
“And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.”
“So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?””
“The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”
““Go back and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. I will surely heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the house of the LORD.”
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