This I Know, That God is For Me

April 19, 2026

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Pastor Colin Smith - Arlington Heights

Psalm 56 ESV

Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me;
    all day long an attacker oppresses me;

my enemies trample on me all day long,
    for many attack me proudly.

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?


All day long they injure my cause;
    all their thoughts are against me for evil.

They stir up strife, they lurk;
    they watch my steps,
    as they have waited for my life.

For their crime will they escape?
    In wrath cast down the peoples, O God!


You have kept count of my tossings;
    put my tears in your bottle.
    Are they not in your book?

Then my enemies will turn back
    in the day when I call.
    This I know, that God is for me.

In God, whose word I praise,
    in the Lord, whose word I praise,

in God I trust; I shall not be afraid.
    What can man do to me?


I must perform my vows to you, O God;
    I will render thank offerings to you.

For you have delivered my soul from death,
    yes, my feet from falling,
that I may walk before God
    in the light of life.

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