Psalms 56:1

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“Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.”

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BSBPD

“Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“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,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 56:1 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Samuel 21:11But the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Did they not sing about him in their dances, saying: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”
  2. 1 Samuel 29:4But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with Achish and told him, “Send that man back and let him return to the place you assigned him. He must not go down with us into battle only to become our adversary during the war. What better way for him to regain the favor of his master than with the heads of our men?
  3. Psalms 16:1Preserve me, O God, for in You I take refuge.
  4. Psalms 21:9You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.
  5. Psalms 27:2When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell.
  6. Psalms 31:9Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.
  7. Psalms 35:25Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”
  8. Psalms 57:1Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy, for in You my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of Your wings I will take shelter until the danger has passed.
  9. Psalms 58:1Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
  10. Psalms 59:1Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise against me.
  11. Psalms 59:10My God of loving devotion will come to meet me; God will let me stare down my foes.
  12. Psalms 60:1You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us!
  13. Psalms 69:13But my prayer to You, O LORD, is for a time of favor. In Your abundant loving devotion, O God, answer me with Your sure salvation.
  14. Psalms 106:17The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.
  15. Psalms 124:3when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,
  16. Psalms 136:10He struck down the firstborn of Egypt His loving devotion endures forever.
  17. Psalms 136:15but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea. His loving devotion endures forever.
  18. Psalms 136:17He struck down great kings His loving devotion endures forever.
  19. Psalms 143:12And in Your loving devotion, cut off my enemies. Destroy all who afflict me, for I am Your servant.
  20. Proverbs 1:12let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.
  21. Lamentations 2:2Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In His wrath He has demolished the fortified cities of the Daughter of Judah. He brought to the ground and defiled her kingdom and its princes.
  22. Lamentations 2:5The Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for the Daughter of Judah.
  23. Lamentations 2:16All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see it!”
  24. Hosea 8:8Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like a worthless vessel.

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