New American Standard Bible 1995

Psalms 56:1-5

1 1 2 3Be gracious to me, O God, for man has 4 5trampled upon me; 6Fighting all day long he 7oppresses me.2My foes have 8 9trampled upon me all day long, For 10they are many who 11fight proudly against me.3 12When I am 13afraid, 14I will 15put my trust in You.4 16In God, whose word I praise, In God I have put my trust; I shall not be afraid. 17What can mere 18man do to me?5All day long they 19 20distort my words; All their 21 22thoughts are against me for evil.

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Notes

1. Psalms 56:1 Or The silent dove of those who are far off, or, The dove of the distant terebinths ↩
2. Psalms 56:1 Possibly Epigrammatic Poem, or Atonement Psalm ↩
3. Psalms 56:1 1 Sam 21:10, 11 ↩
4. Psalms 56:1 Or snapped at ↩
5. Psalms 56:1 Ps 57:3 ↩
6. Psalms 56:1 Or A fighting man ↩
7. Psalms 56:1 Ps 17:9 ↩
8. Psalms 56:2 Or snapped at ↩
9. Psalms 56:2 Ps 35:25; 57:3; 124:3 ↩
10. Psalms 56:2 Or many are fighting ↩
11. Psalms 56:2 Ps 35:1 ↩
12. Psalms 56:3 Lit In the day ↩
13. Psalms 56:3 Ps 55:4, 5 ↩
14. Psalms 56:3 Or I am one who puts ↩
15. Psalms 56:3 Ps 11:1 ↩
16. Psalms 56:4 Ps 56:10, 11 ↩
17. Psalms 56:4 Ps 118:6; Heb 13:6 ↩
18. Psalms 56:4 Lit flesh ↩
19. Psalms 56:5 Or trouble my affairs ↩
20. Psalms 56:5 2 Pet 3:16 ↩
21. Psalms 56:5 Or purposes ↩
22. Psalms 56:5 Ps 41:7 ↩

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