Psalms 56:2
I will cry to God most high; the God who has benefited me. Pause. 1
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 9:2I will be glad and exult in you: I will sing to your name, O you Most High. 1
Psalms 41:5Therefore are you very sad, O my soul? and therefore do you trouble me? hope in God; for I will give thanks to him; he is the salvation of my countenance. 1
Psalms 57:3Sinners have gone astray from the womb: they go astray from the belly: they speak lies. 1
Psalms 92:1The Lord reigns; he has clothed himself with honor: the Lord has clothed and girded himself with strength; for he has established the world, which shall not be moved. 1
Psalms 93:4They will utter and speak unrighteousness; all the workers of iniquity will speak so. 1
Isaiah 57:15Thus says the Most High, who dwells on high for ever, + 57:15 Or, Most Holy. Holy in the holies, is his name, the Most High resting in the holies, and giving patience to the faint-hearted, and giving life to the broken-hearted:
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 →