Prayer 30.06.

by Dennis Lindsay

Psalm 56

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

Vater Unser…