Psalm 56:1-2

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

Trust in God under Persecution

To the choirmaster: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

56 Be gracious to me, O God,
for men trample upon me;
all day long foemen oppress me;
²my enemies trample upon me all day long,
for many fight against me proudly.

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