For the Chief Musician; set to {That is, The silent dove of them that are afar off. Or, as otherwise read, The dove of the distant terebinths.}Jonath elem rehokim. A Psalm of David. Michtam; when the Philistines took him in Gath.
Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up:
All the day long he fighting oppresseth me.
{Or, They that lie in wait of me}Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long;
For they are many that fight proudly against me.
What time I am afraid,
I will put my trust in thee.
In God (I will praise his word),
In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid;
What can flesh do unto me?
All the day long they wrest my words:
All their thoughts are against me for evil.
They gather themselves together, they hide themselves,
They mark my steps,
{Or, Inasmuch as}Even as they have waited for my soul.
{Or, They think to escape}Shall they escape by iniquity?
In anger cast down the peoples, O God.
Thou numberest my wanderings:
Put thou my tears into thy bottle;
Are they not in thy { Or, record}book?
Then shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call:
This I know, { Or, for}that God is for me.
In God (I will praise his word),
In Jehovah (I will praise his word),
In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid;
What can man do unto me?
Thy vows are upon me, O God:
I will render thank-offerings unto thee.
For thou hast delivered my soul from death:
Hast thou not delivered my feet from falling,
That I may walk before God
In the light of the { Or, life}living?
Querverweise zu Psalm 56,4 Ps 56,4
In God (I will praise his word),In Jehovah (I will praise his word),
A Psalm of David.Jehovah is my light and my salvation;Whom shall I fear?Jehovah is the {Or, stronghold}strength of my life;Of whom shall I be afraid?
In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid;What can man do unto me?
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah; set to Alamoth. A Song.God is our refuge and strength,A very present help in trouble.
The words of Jehovah are pure words;As silver tried in a furnace on the earth,Purified seven times.
Therefore will we not fear, though the earth do change,And though the mountains be shaken into the heart of the seas
The law of Jehovah is perfect, restoring the soul:The testimony of Jehovah is sure, making wise the simple.
Jehovah is on my side; I will not fear:What can man do unto me?
The precepts of Jehovah are right, rejoicing the heart:The commandment of Jehovah is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit: and when Jehovah shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall stumble, and he that is helped shall fall, and they all shall be consumed together.
ל LAMEDH.For ever, O Jehovah,Thy word is settled in heaven.
fear thou not, for I am with thee; {Or, look not around thee}be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Thy faithfulness is unto all generations:Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
The sum of thy word is truth;And every one of thy righteous ordinances endureth for ever.
But I will warn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, who after he hath killed hath {Or, authority}power to cast into {Greek: Gehenna.}hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
I will worship toward thy holy temple,And give thanks unto thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth:For thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?
He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all things?
Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? {Or, Shall God that justifieth?}It is God that justifieth;
who is he that condemneth? {Or, Shall Christ Jesus that died…us?}It is Christ Jesus that died, yea rather, that was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
Who shall separate us from the love {Some ancient authorities read of God.}of Christ? shall tribulation, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Even as it is written, {Psalms 44:22}For thy sake we are killed all the day long;We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
nor height, nor depth, nor any other {Or, creation}creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came (and the scripture cannot be broken),
So that with good courage we say, {Psalm 118:6.}The Lord is my helper; I will not fear:What shall man do unto me?