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Psalms 56:2
2My adversaries pursue me all day long; in their pride many are attacking 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I am constantly hounded by those who slander me, and many are boldly attacking me.
Context of Psalms 56:2
1Be merciful to me, my God, for my enemies are in hot pursuit; all day long they press their attack. My adversaries pursue me all day long; in their pride many are attacking me. 3When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. 4In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust and am not 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 54:5Let evil recoil on those who slander me; in your faithfulness destroy them.
- Psalms 3:1Lord, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me!
- Psalms 118:10All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the Lord I cut them down.
- Acts 4:25You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of your servant, our father David: “ ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
- Revelation 16:14They are demonic spirits that perform signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them for the battle on the great day of God Almighty.
- Psalms 9:2I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High.
- Psalms 91:1Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
- Psalms 92:1It is good to praise the Lord and make music to your name, O Most High,
- Psalms 93:4Mightier than the thunder of the great waters, mightier than the breakers of the sea— the Lord on high is mighty.
- Isaiah 57:15For this is what the high and exalted One says— he who lives forever, whose name is holy: “I live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.
- Daniel 5:18“Your Majesty, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness and glory and splendor.
- Micah 6:6With what shall I come before the Lord and bow down before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?
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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