Psalm 56:2
New International Version
My adversaries pursue me all day long; in their pride many are attacking me.

New Living Translation
I am constantly hounded by those who slander me, and many are boldly attacking me.

English Standard Version
my enemies trample on me all day long, for many attack me proudly.

Berean Standard Bible
My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly assail me.

King James Bible
Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.

New King James Version
My enemies would hound me all day, For there are many who fight against me, O Most High.

New American Standard Bible
My enemies have trampled upon me all day long, For they are many who fight proudly against me.

NASB 1995
My foes have trampled upon me all day long, For they are many who fight proudly against me.

NASB 1977
My foes have trampled upon me all day long, For they are many who fight proudly against me.

Legacy Standard Bible
My foes have trampled upon me all day long, For many attack me proudly.

Amplified Bible
My enemies have trampled upon me all day long, For they are many who fight proudly against me.

Christian Standard Bible
My adversaries trample me all day, for many arrogantly fight against me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
My adversaries trample me all day, for many arrogantly fight against me.

American Standard Version
Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; For they are many that fight proudly against me.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
My enemies have trodden upon me all day.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Mine enemies have trodden me down all the day from the dawning of the day; for there are many warring against me.

Contemporary English Version
Many of them are pursuing and attacking me,

Douay-Rheims Bible
My enemies have trodden on me all the day long; for they are many that make war against me.

English Revised Version
Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long: for they be many that fight proudly against me.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
All day long my enemies spy on me. They harass me. There are so many fighting against me.

Good News Translation
All day long my opponents attack me. There are so many who fight against me.

International Standard Version
Those who watch me all day have harassed me, for there are many who fight against me out of conceit.

JPS Tanakh 1917
They that lie in wait for me would swallow me up all the day; For they are many that fight against me, O Most High,

Literal Standard Version
My enemies have swallowed up all the day, | For many [are] fighting against me, O Most High,

Majority Standard Bible
My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly assail me.

New American Bible
My foes treat me harshly all the day; yes, many are my attackers. O Most High,

NET Bible
Those who anticipate my defeat attack me all day long. Indeed, many are fighting against me, O Exalted One.

New Revised Standard Version
my enemies trample on me all day long, for many fight against me. O Most High,

New Heart English Bible
My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me.

Webster's Bible Translation
My enemies would daily swallow me up: for they are many that fight against me, O thou Most High.

World English Bible
My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me.

Young's Literal Translation
Mine enemies have swallowed up all the day, For many are fighting against me, O most High,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Be Merciful to Me, O God
1For the choirmaster. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” A Miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him in Gath. Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack. 2My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly assail me. 3When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.…

Cross References
Psalm 35:1
Contend with my opponents, O LORD; fight against those who battle me.

Psalm 35:25
Let them not say in their hearts, "Aha, just what we wanted!" Let them not say, "We have swallowed him up!"

Psalm 55:18
He redeems my soul in peace from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me.

Psalm 57:3
He reaches down from heaven and saves me; He rebukes those who trample me. Selah God sends forth His loving devotion and His truth.

Psalm 124:3
when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,

Isaiah 49:19
For your ruined and desolate places and your ravaged land will now indeed be too small for your people, and those who devoured you will be far away.

Lamentations 2:16
All 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!"


Treasury of Scripture

My enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O you most High.

enemies [heb.

Psalm 54:5
He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.

many

Psalm 3:1
A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.

Psalm 118:10-12
All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them…

Acts 4:25-27
Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things? …

most

Psalm 9:2
I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.

Psalm 91:1
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

Psalm 92:1,8
A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day. It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: …

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Psalm 56
1. David, praying to God in confidence of his word, complains of his enemies,
9. He professes his confidence in God's word, and promises to praise him














(2) Swallow me up.--The root idea of the Hebrew word so rendered is by no means clear. In many passages where it is used the meaning given here by the LXX., "trample on," will suit the context quite as well as, or even better than, the meaning, "pant after," given in the Lexicons. (See Job 5:5; Isaiah 42:14; Ecclesiastes 1:5; Amos 2:7; Amos 8:4.) And this sense of bruising by trampling also suits the cognate verb, sh-ph, used only three times (Genesis 3:15; Job 9:17; Psalm 139:11). Symmachus also here has "bruise," or "grind." On the other hand in Psalm 119:131; Job 7:2, &c, we want the idea of "haste" or "desire." Possibly the original meaning of "trample" may have passed through the sense of physical haste to that of passion. Or we may even get the sense of "greedily devouring" by the exactly similar process by which we come to talk of devouring the road with speed. The same verb is used in the next verse with an object. . . . Verse 2. - Mine enemies; literally, my watchers - those who keep a continual guard over me. If David had been seized and made a prisoner by the Philistine lords, this expression would be very appropriate. Would daily swallow me up; rather, pant after me all day. For they be many that fight against me. The "lords of the Philistines" were, doubtless, "many;" they seem to have, all of them, opposed themselves to David (1 Samuel 29:2-9). O thou Most High. This rendering is now generally abandoned, since marom (מָרום), "height," is nowhere else used in this sense. Dr. Kay, Hengstenberg, and the Revised Version render "proudly;" Professor Cheyne, "with high looks."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
My enemies
שׁ֭וֹרְרַי (wr·ray)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 8324: To be hostile

pursue me
שָׁאֲפ֣וּ (šā·’ă·p̄ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7602: To inhale eagerly, to cover, to be angry, to hasten

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

day long,
הַיּ֑וֹם (hay·yō·wm)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

for
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

many
רַבִּ֨ים (rab·bîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 7227: Much, many, great

proudly
מָרֽוֹם׃ (mā·rō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4791: Altitude

assail
לֹחֲמִ֖ים (lō·ḥă·mîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 3898: To feed on, to consume, to battle

me.
לִ֣י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew


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