Psalms 56:3

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

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

In Context

2Have 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

4He sent from heaven and saved me; 1 He gave to reproach them that trampled on me: 1 God has sent forth his mercy and his truth; 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 21:12And the servants of Achish said to him, Is not this David the king of the land? Did not the dancing women begin the song to him, saying, 1 Saul has smitten his thousands, 1 And David his ten thousands?

2 Chronicles 20:3And Jehoshaphat was alarmed, and set his face to seek the Lord earnestly, and he proclaimed a fast in all Judah.

Psalms 34:4Let them that seek my soul be ashamed and confounded: 1 Let them that devise evils against me be turned back and put to shame. 1

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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