{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/psalms/56","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T20:12:20.627Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":56,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":55,"nextChapter":57,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":13},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Be merciful to me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresses me."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"My enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O you most High."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"What time I am afraid, I will trust in you."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do to me."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Shall they escape by iniquity? in your anger cast down the people, O God."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"You tell my wanderings: put you my tears into your bottle: are they not in your book?"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"When I cry to you, then shall my enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do to me."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Your vows are on me, O God: I will render praises to you."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"For you have delivered my soul from death: will not you deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?"}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 56 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Psalms 56](https://primebible.com/akjv/psalms/56)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/psalms/56 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}