Psalms 56:1

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.Michtam…: or, A golden Psalm of David

WEB

Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.

ASV

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

LSV

TO THE OVERSEER. [SET] ON “A SILENT DOVE FAR OFF.” A MIKTAM OF DAVID, IN THE PHILISTINES’ TAKING HOLD OF HIM IN GATH. Favor me, O God, for man swallowed me up, || All the day fighting he oppresses me,

YLT

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,

DBY

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

DRC55:2

Have mercy on me, O God, for man hath trodden me under foot; all the day long he hath afflicted me fighting against me.

GNV

To him that excelleth. A Psalme of David on Michtam, concerning the dumme doue in a farre countrey, when the Philistims tooke him in Gath. Be mercifull vnto me, O God, for man would swallow me vp: he fighteth continually and vexeth me.

JPS56:2

Be gracious unto me, O God, for man would swallow me up; all the day he fighting oppresseth me.

LXXE55:2

Have mercy upon me, O God; for man has trodden me down; all the day long he warring has afflicted me.

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WLC56:2

חָנֵּ֣נִי אֱ֭לֹהִים כִּֽי־שְׁאָפַ֣נִי אֱנ֑וֹשׁ כָּל־הַ֝יּ֗וֹם לֹחֵ֥ם יִלְחָצֵֽנִי׃KJV:Ps.56.1

LXX-Br55:2

Ἐλεήσον με ὁ Θεὸς, ὅτι κατεπάτησέ με ἄνθρωπος, ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν πολεμῶν ἔθλιψέ με.

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• 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…
• Psalms 31:9Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.
• Psalms 16:1Preserve me, O God, for in You I take refuge.
• Psalms 59:1Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise against me.
• Psalms 69:13–16But 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. Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of the…
• Psalms 143:12And in Your loving devotion, cut off my enemies. Destroy all who afflict me, for I am Your servant.
• Psalms 60:1You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us!
• 1 Samuel 21:11–15But 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’?” Now David took…
• 1 Corinthians 15:54When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
• Psalms 27:2When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell.
• Psalms 58:1Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
• Psalms 136:17–20He struck down great kings His loving devotion endures forever. and slaughtered mighty kings— His loving devotion endures forever. Sihon king of the Amorites His loving devotion endures forever. and Og king of Bashan—…
• Psalms 136:15but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea. His loving devotion endures forever.
• Psalms 35:25Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”
• Psalms 124:3when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,
• 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.

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