Psalm 56 – When I’m Afraid




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Summary: <div class="poetry"> <p><strong> Hi, this is Ricky and our Daily Devotional today is found in Psalm 56. </strong><strong>Feel free to read along in the show notes below.</strong><br> <strong>Also, I’d love to hear your thoughts on this scripture so comment on this episode at <a href="http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/psalm-56/">http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/psalm-56/</a>.</strong></p> <p class="line"><span class="chapter-2"><span class="text Ps-56-1"><span class="chapternum">1 </span>Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me;</span></span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text Ps-56-1">all day long an attacker oppresses me;</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14758" class="text Ps-56-2"><sup class="versenum">2 </sup>my enemies trample on me all day long,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text Ps-56-2">for many attack me proudly.</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14759" class="text Ps-56-3"><sup class="versenum">3 </sup>When I am afraid,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text Ps-56-3">I put my trust in you.</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14760" class="text Ps-56-4"><sup class="versenum">4 </sup>In God, whose word I praise,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text Ps-56-4">in God I trust; I shall not be afraid.</span></span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text Ps-56-4">What can flesh do to me?</span></span></p> </div> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span id="en-ESV-14761" class="text Ps-56-5"><sup class="versenum">5 </sup>All day long they injure my cause;</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text Ps-56-5">all their thoughts are against me for evil.</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14762" class="text Ps-56-6"><sup class="versenum">6 </sup>They stir up strife, they lurk;</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text Ps-56-6">they watch my steps,</span></span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text Ps-56-6">as they have waited for my life.</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14763" class="text Ps-56-7"><sup class="versenum">7 </sup>For their crime will they escape?</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text Ps-56-7">In wrath cast down the peoples, O God!</span></span></p> </div> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span id="en-ESV-14764" class="text Ps-56-8"><sup class="versenum">8 </sup>You have kept count of my tossings;</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text Ps-56-8">put my tears in your bottle.</span></span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text Ps-56-8">Are they not in your book?</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14765" class="text Ps-56-9"><sup class="versenum">9 </sup>Then my enemies will turn back</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text Ps-56-9">in the day when I call.</span></span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text Ps-56-9">This I know, that God is for me.</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14766" class="text Ps-56-10"><sup class="versenum">10 </sup>In God, whose word I praise,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text Ps-56-10">in the <span class="small-caps">Lord</span>, whose word I praise,</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14767" class="text Ps-56-11"><sup class="versenum">11 </sup>in God I trust; I shall not be afraid.</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text Ps-"></span></span></p> </div>