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    Psalms 56

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    David’s tears are not merely noticed: they are to be bottled and entered in a book, while the enemies who twist his words lurk about his steps.

    The hunted singer and the bottlevv. 1–9

    The heading supplies an occasion, a captor, a city, and a tune called “A Dove on Distant Oaks,” but leaves the dove and the distant oaks entirely to themselves. David is hounded, pressed, pursued, and watched; fear arrives, and trust answers it. The enemies twist his words and conspire over his life, while God keeps a remarkably careful account of the distress: wanderings noticed, tears bottled, tears entered in a book. Then comes the expectation that the enemies will retreat when help is called for.

    Praise, vows, and the light of lifevv. 10–13

    The refrain returns, now with the LORD named alongside God: the word is praised twice, fear is refused twice, and the question remains magnificently unimpressed with human menace. David’s vows are upon him, so thanksgiving is due. The psalm ends with a delivered soul, steadied feet, and a walk before God in the light of life.

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    1. Ps 56:1For the choirmaster. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.

    2. Ps 56:2My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly assail me.

    3. Ps 56:3When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.

    4. Ps 56:4In God, whose word I praise—in God I trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

    5. Ps 56:5All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise.

    6. Ps 56:6They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.

    7. Ps 56:7In spite of such sin, will they escape? In Your anger, O God, cast down the nations.

    8. Ps 56:8You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle—are they not in Your book?

    9. Ps 56:9Then my enemies will retreat on the day I cry for help. By this I will know that God is on my side.

    10. Ps 56:10In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise,

    11. Ps 56:11in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

    12. Ps 56:12Your vows are upon me, O God; I will render thank offerings to You.

    13. Ps 56:13For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.

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    • 3Psalms 34:4I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.
    • 4Hebrews 13:6So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”
    • 4Psalms 118:6The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
    • 31 Samuel 30:6And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.
    • 4Romans 8:31–39What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
    • 82 Kings 20:5“Go back and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. I will surely heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the house of the LORD.
    • 8Malachi 3:16At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name.
    • 4Psalms 27:1Of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—whom shall I dread?
    • 8Revelation 7:17For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
    • 8Psalms 39:12Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.
    • 32 Corinthians 7:5–6For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within.
    • 4Isaiah 41:10Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
    • 8Psalms 126:5–6Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.
    • 3Psalms 55:4–5My heart pounds within me, and the terrors of death assail me.
    • 8Matthew 10:30And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
    • 8Psalms 139:16Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.

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