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Be Merciful to Me, O God

Psalms 56:3

In 11 translations

BSB
When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.
KJV
What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
WEB
When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.
ASV
What time I am afraid, I will put my trust in thee.
LSV
[In] the day I am afraid I am confident toward You.
YLT
The day I am afraid I am confident toward Thee.
DBY
In the day that I am afraid, I will confide in thee.
DRC55:4
From the height of the day I shall fear: but I will trust in thee.
GNV
When I was afrayd, I trusted in thee.
JPS56:4
In the day that I am afraid, I will put my trust in Thee.
LXXE55:4
They shall be afraid, but I will trust in thee.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC56:4
י֥וֹם אִירָ֑א אֲ֝נִ֗י אֵלֶ֥יךָ אֶבְטָֽח׃KJV:Ps.56.3
LXX-Br55:4
Φοβηθήσονται, ἐγὼ δὲ ἐλπιῶ ἐπὶ σοί.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 34:4I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.
  • 1 Samuel 30:6And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.
  • 2 Corinthians 7:5–6For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within. But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the arrival of Titus,
  • Psalms 55:4–5My heart murmurs within me, and the terrors of death assail me. Fear and trembling grip me, and horror has overwhelmed me.
  • 2 Corinthians 1:8–10We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. Indeed, we felt we were…
  • Psalms 11:1In the LORD I take refuge. How then can you say to me: “Flee like a bird to your mountain!
  • 2 Chronicles 20:3Jehoshaphat was alarmed and set his face to seek the LORD. And he proclaimed a fast throughout Judah.
  • 1 Samuel 21:12Now David took these words to heart and was very much afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
  • 1 Samuel 21:10That day David fled from Saul and went to Achish king of Gath.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 56:4 in some Bibles
  • 56:3 in most Bibles

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