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56 Psalms

To the choirmaster: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Prayer for Deliverance. Psalm 56(v55)
1 Be gracious to me, O God, for men trample upon me;
all day long foemen oppress me;

 
2 my enemies trample upon me all day long,
for many fight against me proudly.

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

 
4 In God, whose word I praise,
in God I trust without a fear.
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 band themselves together,
they lurk, they watch my steps.
As they have waited for my life,

 
7 so recompense 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 book?

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

 
10 In God, whose word I praise,
in Yahweh, whose word I praise,

 
11 in God I trust without a fear.
What can man 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,
yea, my feet from falling,
that I may walk before God in the light of life.

 
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The katapi New Standard Bible is a very light revision of the RSV. The changes are: (1) In places where 'the LORD', 'O LORD' occurs in the RSV, (it represents the tetragrammaton - YHWH - which is in the hebrew text), I have printed 'YHWH' in black. The later vowel sounds I have shown in the colour gray;
(2) I have removed the quotation marks and hyphens that were used in so many names in the RSV as an aid to correct pronunciation. This now brings it in line with all other English versions, and makes any word-search more accurate.
(3) I have changed all (I hope!) of the RSV archaic language sections to modern.

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