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Be Merciful to Me, O God

Psalms 56:9

In 11 translations

BSB
Then my enemies will retreat on the day I cry for help. By this I will know that God is on my side.
KJV
When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.
WEB
Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this: that God is for me.
ASV
Then shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call: This I know, that God is for me.
LSV
Then turn back my enemies in the day I call. This I have known, that God [is] for me.
YLT
Then turn back do mine enemies in the day I call. This I have known, that God [is] for me.
DBY
Then shall mine enemies return backward in the day when I call: this I know, for God is for me.Elohim
DRC55:10
Then shall my enemies be turned back. In what day soever I shall call upon thee, behold I know thou art my God.
GNV
When I cry, then mine enemies shall turne backe: this I know, for God is with me.
JPS56:10
Then shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call; this I know, that God is for me.
LXXE55:10
Mine enemies shall be turned back, in the day wherein I shall call upon thee; behold, I know that thou art my God.

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Original-language editions

WLC56:10
אָ֥֨ז יָ֘שׁ֤וּבוּ אוֹיְבַ֣י אָ֭חוֹר בְּי֣וֹם אֶקְרָ֑א זֶה־יָ֝דַ֗עְתִּי כִּֽי־אֱלֹהִ֥ים לִֽי׃KJV:Ps.56.9
LXX-Br55:10
Ἐπιστρέψουσιν οἱ ἐχθροί μου εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω, ἐν ᾗ ἂν ἡμέρᾳ ἐπικαλέσωμαί σε· ἰδοὺ ἔγνων ὅτι Θεός μου εἶ σύ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Romans 8:31What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
  • Psalms 118:6The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
  • Psalms 118:11–13They surrounded me on every side, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off. They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off. I was pushed so…
  • Psalms 46:11The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
  • Psalms 102:2Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call.
  • Isaiah 8:9–10Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered! Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal,…
  • Psalms 9:3When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.
  • Jeremiah 33:3Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
  • Psalms 46:7The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
  • John 18:6When Jesus said, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground.
  • Psalms 27:2When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell.
  • Psalms 18:38–42I crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet. You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me. You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those…
  • Exodus 17:9–11So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.” Joshua did as Moses had instructed him and fought against the…

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  • 56:10 in some Bibles
  • 56:9 in most Bibles

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