56 — Miserere mei, Deus

1 Be merciful to me, O God, for my adversaries are treading me down; 🞙
they are daily fighting and troubling me.
2 My enemies go about hounding me daily, 🞙
for there are many who fight against me, O Most High.
3 Nevertheless, though I am sometimes afraid, 🞙
yet I put my trust in you.
4 In God whose word I praise, in God I trust and fear not, 🞙
for what can flesh do to me?
5 They daily distort my words; 🞙
all that they imagine is to do me evil.
6 They all gather together and lie in wait, 🞙
and mark my steps, while they seek after my life.
7 Shall they escape despite their wickedness? 🞙
O God, in your displeasure cast them down.
8 You record my lamentation; put my tears into your bottle. 🞙
Are not these things noted in your book?