Psalms 56:2

Have mercy, upon me, O God, have mercy upon me: 1 For my soul has trusted in thee: 1 And in the shadow of thy wings will I hope, 1 Until the iniquity have passed away. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

1For the end. Destroy not: by David, for a memorial, when he fled from the presence of Saul to the cave. 1

3I will cry to God most high; 1 The God who has benefited me. Pause. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 9:2I will give thanks to thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; 1 I will recount all thy wonderful works. 1

Psalms 41:5I remembered these things, and poured out my soul in me, 1 For I will go to the place of thy wondrous tabernacle, even to the house of God, 1 With a voice of exultation and thanksgiving and of the sound of those who keep festival. 1

Psalms 57:3For ye work iniquities in your hearts in the earth: 1 Your hands plot unrighteousness. 1

Psalms 92:1For the day before the Sabbath, when the land was first inhabited, the praise of a Song by David. 1 The Lord reigns; he has clothed himself with honor: 1 The Lord has clothed and girded himself with strength; 1 For he has established the world, which shall not be moved. 1

Psalms 93:4They will utter and speak unrighteousness; 1 All the workers of iniquity will speak so. 1

Isaiah 57:15Thus saith the Most High, who dwells on high forever, 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 brokenhearted:

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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