Verse of the Day

　　

Psalm 56:3-4

When I am afraid, I will trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me?

　　

Translations of Today's Verse

King James Version

What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.

English Standard Version

When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?

The Message

When I get really afraid I come to you in trust. I'm proud to praise God; fearless now, I trust in God. What can mere mortals do?

New King James Version

Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You. In God (I will praise His word), In God I have put my trust; I will not fear. What can flesh do to me?

New Living Translation

But when I am afraid, I put my trust in you. O God, I praise your word. I trust in God, so why should I be afraid? What can mere mortals do to me?

　　

Commentary on Today's Verse

Commentary on Psalm 56:1-7

(Read Psalm 56:1-7)

　　Be merciful unto me, O God. This petition includes all the good for which we come to throne of grace. If we obtain mercy there, we need no more to make us happy. It implies likewise our best plea, not our merit, but God's mercy, his free, rich mercy. We may flee to, and trust the mercy of God, when surrounded on all sides by difficulties and dangers. His enemies were too hard for him, if God did not help him. He resolves to make God's promises the matter of his praises, and so we have reason to make them. As we must not trust an arm of flesh when engaged for us, so we must not be afraid of an arm of flesh when stretched out against us. The sin of sinners will never be their security. Who knows the power of God's anger; how high it can reach, how forcibly it can strike?

　　

Psalm 56:3-4 In-Context

1 In Hebrew texts 56:1-13 is numbered 56:2-14.Title: Probably a literary or musical termBe merciful to me, my God, for my enemies are in hot pursuit; all day long they press their attack.

　　2 My adversaries pursue me all day long; in their pride many are attacking me.

　　3 When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.

　　4 In God, whose word I praise- in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?

　　5 All day long they twist my words; all their schemes are for my ruin.