Psalm 56:1

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1For the choirmaster. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” A Miktam56:1 Miktam is probably a musical or liturgical term; used for Psalms 16 and 56–60. of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

Be merciful to me, O God,

for men are hounding me;

all day they press their attack.