Psalms 56:6

Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; 1 And thy glory above all the earth. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 delivered my soul from the midst of lions’ whelps: 1 I lay down to sleep, though troubled. 1 As for the sons of men, their teeth are arms and missile weapons, 1 And their tongue a sharp sword. 1

7They have prepared snares for my feet, 1 And have bowed down my soul: 1 They have dug a pit before my face, 1 And fallen into it themselves. Pause. 1

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Cross References

Job 16:10He has attacked me with the keen glances of his eyes; 1 With his sharp spear he has smitten me down upon my knees; 1 And they have run upon me with one accord. 1

Psalms 2:1Wherefore did the heathen rage, 1 And the nations imagine vain things? 1

Psalms 59:3O God, thou hast rejected and destroyed us; 1 Thou hast been angry, yet hast pitied us. 1

Psalms 71:10The kings of Tarshish, and the isles, shall bring presents: 1 The kings of the Arabians and Seba shall offer gifts. 1

Psalms 140:2Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; 1 The lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice. 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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