Psalms 56:1
Be merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up. Fighting all the day long he oppresses me.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
In Context
2My enemies would swallow me up all the day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me.
Cross References
1 Samuel 21:11And the servants of Achish said to him, Is not this David the king of the land? Did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
Psalms 16:1Preserve me, O God, for in thee do I take refuge.
Psalms 27:2When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, [even] my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.
Psalms 35:25Let them not say in their heart, Aha, so would we have it. Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
Psalms 58:1Do ye indeed speak righteousness in silence? Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
Psalms 59:10My God with his loving kindness will meet me. God will let me look upon my enemies.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 56:1
It seems by this, and many other psalms, that even in times of the greatest trouble and distress David never hung his harp upon the willow-trees, never unstrung it or laid it by; but that when his dangers and fears were greatest he was still in tune for singing God's praises. He was in imminent peril when he penned this psalm, at least when he meditated it; yet even then his meditation of God was sweet. I. He complains of the malice of his enemies, and begs mercy for himself and justice against them, ver. 1, 2 ,… Read the whole commentary →