Psalms 56 (YLT)

Chapter Text

56:1 To the Overseer. --`On the Dumb Dove far off.' --A secret treasure of David, in the Philistines' taking hold of him in Gath. Favour me, O God, for man swallowed me up, All the day fighting he oppresseth me,

56:2 Mine enemies have swallowed up all the day, For many <FI>are<Fi> fighting against me, O most High,

56:3 The day I am afraid I am confident toward Thee.

56:4 In God I praise His word, in God I have trusted, I fear not what flesh doth to me.

56:5 All the day they wrest my words, Concerning me all their thoughts <FI>are<Fi> for evil,

56:6 They assemble, they hide, they watch my heels, When they have expected my soul.

56:7 By iniquity they escape, In anger the peoples put down, O God.

56:8 My wandering Thou hast counted, Thou--place Thou my tear in Thy bottle, Are they not in Thy book?

56:9 Then turn back do mine enemies in the day I call. This I have known, that God <FI>is<Fi> for me.

56:10 In God I praise the word, In Jehovah I praise the word.

56:11 In God I trusted, I fear not what man doth to me,

56:12 On me, O God, <FI>are<Fi> Thy vows, I repay thank-offerings to Thee.

56:13 For Thou hast delivered my soul from death, Dost Thou not my feet from falling? To walk habitually before God in the light of the living!

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "light", "overseer", "dumb", "dove", "secret", "treasure", "david", and "philistines'". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "light" and "overseer", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local YLT text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "light" and "overseer" carries the first interpretive weight. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "light" and "overseer" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.