Old Testament · Poetry & Wisdom
Psalms 56
Psalms 56 opens with these words: “Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.” The line to keep is Psalms 56:4: “In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?” Carry the word “praise” from that verse into the rest of the day.
Key verse · Psalms 56:4
“In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?”
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Practice Psalms 56:4
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
InGod,IpraisehisInGod,Iputmytrust.Iwillnotbeafraid.candotome?
World English Bible
1Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.
2My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me.
3When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.
4In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
5All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.
6They conspire and lurk, watching my steps, they are eager to take my life.
7Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, God.
8You count my wanderings. You put my tears into your bottle. Aren’t they in your book?
9Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this, that God is for me.
10In God, I will praise his word. In Yahweh, I will praise his word.
11I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
12Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you.
13For you have delivered my soul from death, and prevented my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.
Think about it
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What happens first in Psalms 56?
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Read “In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?” once more. What does it show you about God?
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Who can you tell one sentence from Psalms 56 before bedtime?
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Psalms 56 word search
Psalms 56:4 — In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
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A is 1 and Z is 26. These words were taken from this chapter.
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The key verse starts with this code: 23-1-14-4-5-18-9-14-7-19