{"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/web/psalms/56","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T01:59:55.495Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","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, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"They conspire and lurk, watching my steps, they are eager to take my life."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, God."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"You number my wanderings. You put my tears into your bottle. Aren't they in your book?"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this, that God is for me."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"In God, I will praise his word. In Yahweh, I will praise his word."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"For you have delivered my soul from death, and prevented my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of |Do Not Destroy.| A poem by David, when he fled from Saul, in the cave."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 56 (WEB)","markdown":"[Psalms 56](https://primebible.com/web/psalms/56)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/psalms/56 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}