Psalms 56:1
Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
KJV
In finem, ne disperdas. David in tituli inscriptionem, cum fugeret a facie Saul in speluncam.
Vulgate
Εἰς τὸ τέλος· μὴ διαφθείρῃς· τῷ Δαυεὶδ εἰς στηλογραφίαν, ἐν τῷ αὐτὸν ἀποδιδράσκειν ἀπὸ προσώπου Σαοὺλ εἰς τὸ σπήλαιον.
LXX
Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: All the day long he fighting oppresseth me.
ASV
לַ/מְנַצֵּ֤חַ עַל י֬וֹנַת אֵ֣לֶם רְ֭חֹקִים לְ/דָוִ֣ד מִכְתָּ֑ם בֶּֽ/אֱחֹ֨ז אֹת֖/וֹ פְלִשְׁתִּ֣ים בְּ/גַֽת
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֵ֣לֶם
'lm
noun · 2×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
גַ֑ת
gt
proper_noun · 33×
דָּוִ֔ד
dvd
proper_noun · 1067×
יּוֹנָ֖ה
yvnh
noun · 33×
מְנַצֵּ֥חַ
mntsch
verb · 65×
מִכְתָּ֑ם
mktm
noun · 6×
נִי
ny
verb · 68×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים
plshtym
noun · 290×
רָח֑וֹק
rchvq
adjective · 84×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 15:54 — So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
- 1Sam 21:11 — And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
- 1Sam 21:11 — And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
- 1Sam 29:4 — And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and
- Hab 1:13 — Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is m
- Hos 8:8 — Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
- Isa 49:19 — For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.
- Lam 2:2 — The LORD hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he ha
- Lam 2:5 — The LORD was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
- Prov 1:12 — Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
- Ps 16:1 — Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
- Ps 16:1 — Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
- Ps 21:9 — Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
- Ps 25:2 — O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.
- Ps 27:2 — When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
- Ps 31:9 — Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
- Ps 35:25 — Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
- Ps 57:1 — Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
- Ps 57:1 — Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
- Ps 57:3 — He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
- Ps 58:1 — Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
- Ps 59:1 — Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
- Ps 60:1 — O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.
- Ps 69:13 — But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
- Ps 86:3 — Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.
- Ps 118:13 — Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.
- Ps 119:134 — Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.
- Ps 124:3 — Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
- Ps 136:10 — To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever:
- Ps 136:15 — But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever.
- Ps 136:17 — To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:
- Ps 138:7 — Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.
- Ps 143:12 — And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.