{"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/kjv/psalms/56","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-29T17:53:58.704Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":56,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":55,"nextChapter":57,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":13},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"{To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath.} Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Mine enemies would daily swallow <i>me</i> up: for <i>they be</i> many that fight against me, O thou most High."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee."},{"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 unto me."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts <i>are</i> 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 <i>thine</i> anger cast down the people, O God."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: <i>are they</i> not in thy book?"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"When I cry <i>unto thee</i>, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God <i>is</i> for me."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"In God will I praise <i>his</i> word: in the LORD will I praise <i>his</i> word."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Thy vows <i>are</i> upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"For thou hast delivered my soul from death: <i>wilt</i> not <i>thou deliver</i> my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?"}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 56 (KJV)","markdown":"[Psalms 56](https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/56)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/56 (accessed 2026-05-29)."}}