September 26: Psalm 56; 2 Samuel 15:13–16:14; Ezekiel 17; Luke 18:31–19:27

Psalms and Wisdom: Psalm 56 Psalm 56 (Listen) In God I Trust To the choirmaster: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. A Miktam1 of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. 56   Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me;<br />    all day long an attacker oppresses me;<br />2   my enemies trample on me all day long,<br />    for many attack me proudly.<br />3   When I am afraid,<br />    I put my trust in you.<br />4   In God, whose word I praise,<br />    in God I trust; I shall not be afraid.<br />    What can flesh do to me?<br /> 5   All day long they injure my cause;2<br />    all their thoughts are against me for evil.<br />6   They stir up strife, they lurk;<br />    they watch my steps,<br />    as they have waited for my life.<br />7   For their crime will they escape?<br />    In wrath cast down the peoples, O God!<br /> 8   You have kept count of my tossings;