Psalm 56

Thank you Donna Bucher for collaborating with me and providing the rough draft!

Psalm 56

O my God,

The continual oppression

of my enemies, my soul

does consume —

Pour forth Your mercy

 like a roaring waterfall

lest they swallow me

utterly.

Even as my heart

melts within me,

my trust rests

solely in Thee.

I praise the strength

of Your Word,

no man is equal

to its power.

My refuge, to You I flee

when the multitude

 turn my words against me.

Filled with evil thoughts,

they lay in wait, my

soul to trap and destroy.

Can their iniquity save them?

in wrath O God

shall You silence them.

You know my solitary way,

my tears You hold,

a record of every one.

Clinging to You,

my enemies flee —

for You, O Lord

are ever with me.

My God Your Word

is true; it stands

O Lord, and all

its truth have heard.

My trust in You

for refuge is sure,

rendering enemy devices 

powerless evermore

against Christ’s blood

that paid my sin.

 Since You are for me,

None can condemn me.

Nothing can separate me,

Not life, death, powers,

Time, place, anything else

From Your love in Christ.

O God Your deliverance

I know is secure.

The sacrifice of praise

at Your feet, I pour.

My deliverer, from death,

my soul You rescue.

Keep my feet steady

so I may ever walk with You.