Parallel Bible results for "psalms 56"

Psalm 56

New Revised Standard NRS

1 Be gracious to me, O God, for people trample on me; all day long foes oppress me;

2 my enemies trample on me all day long, for many fight against me. O Most High,

3 when I am afraid, I put my trust in you.

4 In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I am not afraid; what can flesh do to me?

5 All day long they seek to injure my cause; all their thoughts are against me for evil.

6 They stir up strife, they lurk, they watch my steps. As they hoped to have my life,

7 so repay them for their crime; in wrath cast down the peoples, O God!

8 You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your record?

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

10 In God, whose word I praise, in the Lord, whose word I praise,

11 in God I trust; I am not afraid. What can a mere mortal do to me?

12 My vows to you I must perform, O God; I will render thank offerings to you.

13 For you have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from falling, so that I may walk before God in the light of life.

The Message Bible MSG

1 Take my side, God - I'm getting kicked around, stomped on every day.

2 Not a day goes by but somebody beats me up; They make it their duty to beat me up.

3 When I get really afraid I come to you in trust.

4 I'm proud to praise God; fearless now, I trust in God. What can mere mortals do?

5 They don't let up - they smear my reputation and huddle to plot my collapse.

6 They gang up, sneak together through the alleys To take me by surprise, wait their chance to get me.

7 Pay them back in evil! Get angry, God! Down with these people!

8 You've kept track of my every toss and turn through the sleepless nights, Each tear entered in your ledger, each ache written in your book.

9 If my enemies run away, turn tail when I yell at them, Then I'll know that God is on my side.

10 I'm proud to praise God, proud to praise God.

11 Fearless now, I trust in God; what can mere mortals do to me?

12 God, you did everything you promised, and I'm thanking you with all my heart.

13 You pulled me from the brink of death, my feet from the cliff-edge of doom. Now I stroll at leisure with God in the sunlit fields of life.