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Psalms 56:2
2My enemies have trampled upon me all day long, For they are many who fight proudly against me.
Psalms 56:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.
- New International Version (NIV)My adversaries pursue me all day long; in their pride many are attacking me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)my enemies trample on me all day long, for many attack me proudly.
- New King James Version (NKJV)My enemies would hound me all day, For there are many who fight against me, O Most High.
Context of Psalms 56:2
1Be gracious to me, O God, for man has trampled on me; All day long the adversary oppresses and torments me. My enemies have trampled upon me all day long, For they are many who fight proudly against me. 3When I am afraid, I will put my trust and faith in You. 4In God, whose word I praise; In God I have put my trust; I shall not fear. What can mere man do to me?
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שָׁאֲפ֣וּ שׁ֭וֹרְרַי כָּל־הַיּ֑וֹם כִּֽי־רַבִּ֨ים לֹחֲמִ֖ים לִ֣י מָרֽוֹם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 56:2
- Psalms 54:5He will pay back the evil to my enemies; In Your faithfulness destroy them.
- Psalms 3:1O Lord, how my enemies have increased! Many are rising up against me.
- Psalms 118:10All nations encompassed me; In the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off.
- Acts 4:25who by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David, Your servant, said, ‘Why did the nations (Gentiles) become arrogant and rage, And the peoples devise futile things [against the Lord]?
- Revelation 16:14for they are [actually] the spirits of demons, performing [miraculous] signs. And they go out to the kings of the entire inhabited earth, to gather them together for the war of the great day of God, the Almighty.
- Psalms 9:2I will rejoice and exult in you; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
- Psalms 91:1He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High Will remain secure and rest in the shadow of the Almighty [whose power no enemy can withstand].
- Psalms 92:1It is a good and delightful thing to give thanks to the Lord, To sing praises to Your name, O Most High,
- Psalms 93:4More than the sounds of many waters, More than the mighty breakers of the sea, The Lord on high is mighty.
- Isaiah 57:15For the high and exalted One He who inhabits eternity, Whose name is Holy says this, “I dwell on the high and holy place, But also with the contrite and humble in spirit In order to revive the spirit of the humble And to revive the heart of the contrite [overcome with sorrow for sin].
- Daniel 5:18O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father a kingdom and greatness and glory and majesty;
- Micah 6:6With what shall I come before the Lord [to honor Him] And bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, With yearling calves?
Commentaries on Psalms 56:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2O thou Most High - מרום marom . I do not think that this word expresses any attribute of God, or indeed is at all addressed to him. It signifies, literally, from on high, or froen a high or elevated place: "For the multitudes fight against me from the high or elevated place;" the place of authority - the court and cabinet of Saul. Most of the Versions begin the next verse with this word: "From the light of the day, though I fear, yet will I trust in…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Mine enemies - Margin, “mine observers.” The Hebrew word here used means properly to twist, to twist totogether; then, to be firm, hard, tough; then, “to press together,” as a rope that is twisted - and hence, the idea of oppressing, or pressing hard on one, as an enemy. See Psalm 27:11; Psalm 54:5. In the former verse the psalmist spoke of an enemy, or of “one” that would swallow him up (in the singular number), or of “man” as an enemy to him anywhere…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-13In this lament, the psalmist first asks for help and then expresses confidence in God. This pattern occurs two times (Psalm 56:1–4, 5–13).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-131-2. would swallow--literally, "pants as a raging beast" (Ac 9:1).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 56
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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