New King James Version
Psalms 56:2
2My enemies would hound me all day, For there are many who fight against me, O Most High.
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 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, O God, for man would swallow me up; Fighting all day he oppresses me. My enemies would hound me all day, For there are many who fight against me, O Most High. 3Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You. 4In God (I will praise His word), In God I have put my trust; I will not fear. What can flesh 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 enemies for their evil. Cut them off in Your truth.
- Psalms 3:1Lord, how they have increased who trouble me! Many are they who rise up against me.
- Psalms 118:10All nations surrounded me, But in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.
- Acts 4:25who by the mouth of Your servant David have said: ‘Why did the nations rage, And the people plot vain things?
- Revelation 16:14For they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
- Psalms 9:2I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
- Psalms 91:1He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
- Psalms 92:1It is good to give thanks to the Lord, And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;
- Psalms 93:4The Lord on high is mightier Than the noise of many waters, Than the mighty waves of the sea.
- Isaiah 57:15For thus says the High and Lofty One Who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, With him who has a contrite and humble spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
- Daniel 5:18O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father a kingdom and majesty, glory and honor.
- Micah 6:6With what shall I come before the Lord, And bow myself before the High 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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