Psalms 56 — parallel

56:1

For the end. Destroy not: by David, for a memorial, when he fled from the presence of Saul to the cave.

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56:2

Have mercy, upon me, O God, have mercy upon me: for my soul has trusted in thee: and in the shadow of thy wings will I hope, until the iniquity have passed away.

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56:3

I will cry to God most high; the God who has benefited me. Pause.

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56:4

He sent from heaven and saved me; he gave to reproach them that trampled on me: God has sent forth his mercy and his truth;

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56:5

and he has delivered my soul from the midst of [lions'] whelps: I lay down to sleep, [though] troubled. [As for] the sons of men, their teeth are arms and [missile] weapons, and their tongue a sharp sword.

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56:6

Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; and thy glory above all the earth.

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56:7

They have prepared snares for my feet, and have bowed down my soul: they have dug a pit before my face, and fallen into it [themselves]. Pause.

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56:8

My heart, O God, [is] ready, my heart [is] ready: I will sing, yea will sing psalms.

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56:9

Awake, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I will awake early.

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56:10

O Lord, I will give thanks to thee among the nations: I will sing to thee among the Gentiles.

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56:11

For thy mercy has been magnified even to the heavens, and thy truth to the clouds.

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56:12

Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; and thy glory above all the earth.

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