Basic English Bible Verse Images: Psalms Chapter 56 in Stunning Detail
Psalms 56:1. <To the chief music-maker; put to Jonath elem rehokim. Of David. Michtam. When the Philistines took him in Gath.> Have mercy on me, O God, for man is attempting my destruction; every day he makes cruel attacks against me.
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Psalms 56:2. My haters are ever ready to put an end to me; great numbers are lifting themselves up against me.
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Psalms 56:3. In the time of my fear, I will have faith in you.
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Psalms 56:4. In God will I give praise to his word; in God have I put my hope; I will have no fear of what flesh may do to me.
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Psalms 56:5. Every day they make wrong use of my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.
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Psalms 56:6. They come together, they are waiting in secret places, they take note of my steps, they are waiting for my soul.
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Psalms 56:7. By evil-doing they will not get free from punishment. In wrath, O God, let the peoples be made low.
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Psalms 56:8. You have seen my wanderings; put the drops from my eyes into your bottle; are they not in your record?
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Psalms 56:9. When I send up my cry to you, my haters will be turned back; I am certain of this, for God is with me.
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Psalms 56:10. In God will I give praise to his word; in the Lord will I give praise to his word.
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Psalms 56:11. In God have I put my hope, I will have no fear of what man may do to me.
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Psalms 56:12. I keep the memory of my debt to you, O God; I will give you the offerings of praise.
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Psalms 56:13. Because you have taken my soul from the power of death; and kept my feet from falling, so that I may be walking before God in the light of life.
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