{"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/erv/psalms/56","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T04:30:46.190Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":56,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":55,"nextChapter":57,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":13},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"For the Chief Musician; set to 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."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long: for they be 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 tellest 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 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 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 (ERV)","markdown":"[Psalms 56](https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/56)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/56 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}