{"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/asv/psalms/56","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T16:40:49.867Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":56,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":55,"nextChapter":57,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":13},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: All the day long he fighting oppresseth me."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; For they are many that fight proudly against me."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"What time I am afraid, I will put my trust in thee."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"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?"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"All the day long 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, Even as they have waited for my soul."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Thou numberest my wanderings: Put thou my tears into thy bottle; Are they not in thy book?"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Then shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call: This I know, that God is for me."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"In God (I will praise his word), In Jehovah (I will praise his word),"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can man do unto me?"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render thank-offerings unto thee."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"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 living? "}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 56 (ASV)","markdown":"[Psalms 56](https://primebible.com/asv/psalms/56)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/psalms/56 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}