PSALM 56: To avoid anger at all times

To avoid anger at all times, read this Psalm into water and drink everyday. Its prayer is the prayer under psalm 16.

Psalm 56

1 Have pity on me, O Elohim, because people are harassing me.
    All day long warriors oppress me.
2 All day long my enemies spy on me.
    They harass me.
        There are so many fighting against me.
3 Even when I am afraid, I still trust you.

4 I praise the word of Elohim.
    I trust Elohim.
    I am not afraid.
        What can mere flesh and blood do to me?

5 All day long my enemies twist my words.
    Their every thought is an evil plan against me.
6 They attack, and then they hide.
    They watch my every step as they wait to take my life.
7 With the wrong they do, can they escape?
    O Elohim, angrily make the nations fall.
8 (You have kept a record of my wanderings.
    Put my tears in your bottle.
        They are already in your book.)
9 Then my enemies will retreat when I call to you.
    This I know: Elohim is on my side.

10 I praise the word of Elohim.
    I praise the word of Yahweh.
11 I trust Elohim.
    I am not afraid.
        What can mortals do to me?

12 I am bound by my vows to you, O Elohim.
    I will keep my vows by offering songs of thanksgiving to you.
13 You have rescued me from death.
    You have kept my feet from stumbling
        so that I could walk in Elohim’s presence, in the light of life.

PRAYER:

Psalm 16

1 Protect me, O El, because I take refuge in you.

2 I said to Yahweh,

    “You are my Adonay. Without you, I have nothing good.”

3 Those who lead holy lives on earth

    are the noble ones who fill me with joy.

4 Those who quickly chase after other gods multiply their sorrows.

    I will not pour out their sacrificial offerings of blood

        or use my lips to speak their names.

5 Yahweh is my inheritance and my cup.

    You are the one who determines my destiny.

6 Your boundary lines mark out pleasant places for me.

    Indeed, my inheritance is something beautiful.

7 I will praise Yahweh, who advises me.

    My conscience warns me at night.

8 I always keep Yahweh in front of me.

    When he is by my side, I cannot be moved.

9         That is why my heart is glad and my soul rejoices.

            My body rests securely

10 because you do not abandon my soul to the grave

    or allow your holy one to decay.

11 You make the path of life known to me.

    Complete joy is in your presence.

        Pleasures are by your side forever.