Psalm 56, Chant E

 

Psalm 56   Miserere mei, Deus

1 Have mercy on me, O God, for my enemies are houn-ding me; *
all day long they assault and op-press me.

2 They hound me all the day long; *
truly there are many who fight against me, O Most High.

3 Whenever I am a-fraid, *
I will put my trust in you.

4 In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust and will not be a-fraid, *
for what can flesh do to me?

5 All day long they damage my cause; *
their only thought is to do me ev-il.

6 They band together; they lie in wait; *
they spy upon my footsteps; because they seek my life.

7 Shall they escape despite their wic-kedness? *
O God, in your anger, cast down the peo-ples.

8 You have noted my lamentation; put my tears into your bot-tle; *
are they not recorded in your book?

9 Whenever I call upon you, my enemies will be put to flight; *
this I know, for God is on my side.

10 In God the LORD, whose word I praise, in God I trust and will not be a-fraid, *
for what can mortals do to me?

11 I am bound by the vow I made to you, O God; *
I will present to you thank-of-ferings;

12 For you have rescued my soul from death and my feet from stum-bling, *
that I may walk before God in the light of the liv-ing.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Ho-ly Spir-it: *
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. A-men.