God’s Word Translation
Psalms 56:2
2All day long my enemies spy on me. They harass me. There are so many fighting 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
1Have pity on me, O God, because people are harassing me. All day long warriors oppress me. All day long my enemies spy on me. They harass me. There are so many fighting against me. 3Even when I am afraid, I still trust you. 4I praise God’s word. I trust God. I am not afraid. What can mere flesh ⌞and blood⌟ do to me?
Read all of Psalms 56Psalms 56:2 word by word
שָׁאֲפ֣וּ שׁ֭וֹרְרַי כָּל־הַיּ֑וֹם כִּֽי־רַבִּ֨ים לֹחֲמִ֖ים לִ֣י מָרֽוֹם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 56:2
- Psalms 54:5My enemies spy on me. Pay them back with evil. Destroy them with your truth!
- Psalms 3:1O Lord, look how my enemies have increased! Many are attacking me.
- Psalms 118:10All the nations surrounded me, ⌞but armed⌟ with the name of the Lord, I defeated them.
- Acts 4:25You said through the Holy Spirit, who spoke through your servant David (our ancestor), ‘Why do the nations act arrogantly? Why do their people devise useless plots?
- Revelation 16:14They are spirits of demons that do miracles. These spirits go to the kings of the whole world and gather them for the war on the frightening day of God Almighty.
- Psalms 9:2I will find joy and be glad about you. I will make music to praise your name, O Most High.
- Psalms 91:1Whoever lives under the shelter of the Most High will remain in the shadow of the Almighty.
- Psalms 92:1It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to make music to praise your name, O Most High.
- Psalms 93:4The Lord above is mighty— mightier than the sound of raging water, mightier than the foaming waves of the sea.
- Isaiah 57:15The High and Lofty One lives forever, and his name is holy. This is what he says: I live in a high and holy place. But I am with those who are crushed and humble. I will renew the spirit of those who are humble and the courage of those who are crushed.
- Daniel 5:18“Your Majesty, the Most High God gave your grandfather Nebuchadnezzar a kingdom, might, honor, and glory.
- Micah 6:6What should I bring when I come into the Lord’s presence, when I bow in front of the God of heaven? Should I bring him year-old calves as burnt offerings?
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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