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1Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: All the day long he fighting oppresseth me.

2Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; For they are many that fight proudly against me.

3What time I am afraid, I will put my trust in thee.

4In God (I will praise his word), In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can flesh do unto me?

5All the day long they wrest my words: All their thoughts are against me for evil.

6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.

7Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God.

8Thou numberest my wanderings: Put thou my tears into thy bottle; Are they not in thy book?

9Then shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call: This I know, that God is for me.

10In God (I will praise his word), In Jehovah (I will praise his word),

11In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can man do unto me?

12Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render thank-offerings unto thee.

13For thou hast delivered my soul from death: Hast thou not delivered my feet from falling, That I may walk before God In the light of the living?

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Parallel translations · Psalms 56:1

WEB · World English Bible (2000)

Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: All the day long he fighting oppresseth me.

KJV · King James Version (1611)

Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.

ASV · American Standard Version (1901)

Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: All the day long he fighting oppresseth me.

BBE · Bible in Basic English (1949)

Have mercy on me, O God, for man is attempting my destruction; every day he makes cruel attacks against me.

YLT · Young's Literal Translation (1862)

To the Overseer. --`On the Dumb Dove far off.' --A secret treasure of David, in the Philistines' taking hold of him in Gath. Favour me, O God, for man swallowed me up, All the day fighting he oppresseth me,

DRA · Douay-Rheims (Challoner) (1752)

Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an inscription of a title, when he fled from Saul into the cave.

DBY · Darby Bible (1890)

Be gracious unto me, OGod; for man would swallow me up: all the day long fighting he oppresseth me.

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — verses that illuminate Psalms 56:1.

  • 1 Samuel 29:4

    But the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make the man return, that he may go back to his place where thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us: for wherewith should this fellow reconcile himself unto his lord? should it not be with the heads of these men?

  • Psalms 136:15

    But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever:

  • Psalms 136:17

    To him that smote great kings; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever;

  • Psalms 59:1

    Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: Set me on high from them that rise up against me.

  • Psalms 35:25

    Let them not say in their heart, Aha, so would we have it: Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

  • Psalms 57:1

    Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me; For my soul taketh refuge in thee: Yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I take refuge, Until these calamities be overpast.

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