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Psalms 56:2
2My adversaries trample me all day, for many arrogantly fight 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, God, for a man is trampling me; he fights and oppresses me all day long. My adversaries trample me all day, for many arrogantly fight against me. 3When I am afraid, I will trust in you. 4In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?
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שָׁאֲפ֣וּ שׁ֭וֹרְרַי כָּל־הַיּ֑וֹם כִּֽי־רַבִּ֨ים לֹחֲמִ֖ים לִ֣י מָרֽוֹם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 56:2
- Psalms 54:5He will repay my adversaries for their evil. Because of your faithfulness, annihilate them.
- Psalms 3:1Lord, how my foes increase! There are many who attack me.
- Psalms 118:10All the nations surrounded me; in the name of the Lord I destroyed them.
- Acts 4:25You said through the Holy Spirit, by the mouth of our father David your servant: Why do the Gentiles rage and the peoples plot futile things?
- Revelation 16:14For they are demonic spirits performing signs, who travel to the kings of the whole world to assemble them for the battle on the great day of God, the Almighty.
- Psalms 9:2I will rejoice and boast about you; I will sing about your name, Most High.
- Psalms 91:1The one who lives under the protection of the Most High dwells in the shadow of the Almighty.
- Psalms 92:1It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praise to your name, Most High,
- Psalms 93:4Greater than the roar of a huge torrent — the mighty breakers of the sea — the Lord on high is majestic.
- Isaiah 57:15For the High and Exalted One, who lives forever, whose name is holy, says this: “I live in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and lowly of spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the oppressed.
- Daniel 5:18Your Majesty, the Most High God gave sovereignty, greatness, glory, and majesty to your predecessor Nebuchadnezzar.
- Micah 6:6What should I bring before the Lord when I come to bow before God on high? Should I come before him with burnt offerings, with year-old 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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