Psalms 56:1
Have mercy, upon me, O God, have mercy upon me: for my soul has trusted in you: and in the shadow of your wings will I hope, until the iniquity have passed away. 1
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
In Context
2I will cry to God most high; the God who has benefited me. Pause. 1
Cross References
1 Samuel 21:11And the servants of Anchus said to him, Is not this David the king of the land? Did not the dancing women begin the song to him, saying, Saul has struck his thousand, and David his ten thousands?
Psalms 16:1Listen, O Lord + 16:1 Or, to my righteous plea, etc. of my righteousness, attend to my petition; give ear to my prayer not uttered with deceitful lips. 1
Psalms 27:2Listen to the voice of my supplication, when I pray to you, when I lift up my hands toward your holy temple. 1
Psalms 58:1Deliver me from my enemies, O God; and ransom me from those that rise up against me. 1
Psalms 59:10Will not you, O God, who have cast us off? and will not you, O God, go forth with our forces? 1
Matthew Henry on Psalms 56:1
It seems by this, and many other psalms, that even in times of the greatest trouble and distress David never hung his harp upon the willow-trees, never unstrung it or laid it by; but that when his dangers and fears were greatest he was still in tune for singing God's praises. He was in imminent peril when he penned this psalm, at least when he meditated it; yet even then his meditation of God was sweet. I. He complains of the malice of his enemies, and begs mercy for himself and justice against them, ver. 1, 2 ,… Read the whole commentary →