Psalms 56

¹God, be merciful to me because men have harassed me;

²My enemies harass me all day long;

³But whenever I am afraid,

⁴God, I praise/thank you because you do what you have promised;

⁵All day long my enemies claim that I said things that I did not say (OR, try to destroy what I am doing);

⁶In order to cause trouble for me, they hide

⁷So, God, punish them for the wicked things that they are doing;

⁸You have counted all the times that I have been wandering alone/distressed;

⁹When I call out to you, my God, my enemies will be defeated;

¹⁰I praise/thank you that you do what you have promised;

¹¹I trust in you, and as a result, I will not be afraid.

¹²I will bring to you the offering that I promised;

¹³because you have rescued me from being killed;