(When the Philistines had seized David in Gath.) <br /> <br />1 Be merciful unto me, O God: <br /> for man would swallow me up; <br /> he fighting daily oppresseth me. <br /> <br />2 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: <br /> for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High. <br /> <br />3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. <br /> <br />4 In God I will praise his word, <br /> in God I have put my trust; <br /> I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. <br /> <br />5 Every day they wrest my words: <br /> all their thoughts are against me for evil. <br /> <br />6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, <br /> they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul. <br /> <br />7 Shall they escape by iniquity? <br /> in thine anger cast down the people, O God. <br /> <br />8 Thou tellest my wanderings: <br /> put thou my tears into thy bottle: <br /> are they not in thy book? <br /> <br />9 When I cry unto thee, <br /> then shall mine enemies turn back: <br /> this I know; for God is for me. <br /> <br />10 In God will I praise his word: <br /> in the LORD will I praise his word. <br /> <br />11 In God have I put my trust: <br /> I will not be afraid what man can do unto me. <br /> <br />12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: <br /> I will render praises unto thee. <br /> <br />13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: <br /> wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, <br /> that I may walk before God in the light of the living? <br /> <br />(KJV)<br /><br />King David of Israel<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/psalm-56-be-merciful-unto-me-o-god/
