Psalms 56:3
What time I am afraid, I will put my trust in thee.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
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 21:12And David laid up these words in his heart, and was very afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
2 Chronicles 20:3And Jehoshaphat was afraid, and set himself to seek for LORD. And he proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
Psalms 34:4I sought LORD, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.
2 Corinthians 1:8For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about our affliction that happened to us in Asia, because we were extraordinarily weighed down, above strength, so as for us to despair even to be alive.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 56:2-8
Prayer for Help under Oppression; Confidence in God. 1 Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me. 2 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High. 3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. 4 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. 5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil. 6 They gather themselves together, they hide… Read the whole commentary →