Psalms 56:6

Be exalted above the heavens, O God, and your glory above all the earth.

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In The King James Version

They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.

In Context

5And he has rescued my soul from the midst of the young lions. I slept troubled. The sons of men: their teeth are weapons and arrows, and their tongue is a sharp sword.

7They prepared a snare for my feet, and they bowed down my soul. They dug a pit before my face, yet they have fallen into it.

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Cross References

Job 16:10He has gathered together his fury towards me, and, threatening me, he has roared against me with his teeth; my enemy has beheld me with terrible eyes.

Psalms 2:1Why have the Gentiles been seething, and why have the people been pondering nonsense?

Psalms 59:3O God, you have rejected us, and you have ruined us. You became angry, and yet you have been merciful to us.

Psalms 71:10The kings of Tarshish and the islands will offer gifts. The kings of Arabia and of Seba will bring gifts.

Psalms 140:2Let my prayer be guided like incense in your sight: the lifting up of my hands, like the evening sacrifice.

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 →

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