Parallel Verses
Amplified
All day long the adversary oppresses and torments me.
New American Standard Bible
For the choir director; according to
Be gracious to me, O God, for man has
King James Version
{To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath.} Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
Holman Bible
For the choir director: according to “A Silent Dove Far Away.”
he fights and oppresses me all day long.
International Standard Version
Have mercy on me, God, because men have harassed me. Those who oppress me have fought against me all day long.
A Conservative Version
Be merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up. Fighting all the day long he oppresses me.
American Standard Version
Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: All the day long he fighting oppresseth me.
Bible in Basic English
Have mercy on me, O God, for man is attempting my destruction; every day he makes cruel attacks against me.
Darby Translation
{To the chief Musician. On Jonathelem-rechokim. Of David. Michtam; when the Philistines took him in Gath.} Be gracious unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: all the day long fighting he oppresseth me.
Julia Smith Translation
To the overseer for the silent dove of those far off: to David, a poem in the rovers taking him in Gath. Compassionate me, O God, for man panted after me; warring all the day, he will press me.
King James 2000
[To the Chief Musician upon jonathelemrechokim. A michtam of David, when the Philistines took him to Gath.] Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresses me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Be gracious to me, O God, because humankind has trampled me; fighting all the day he oppresses me.
Modern King James verseion
To the Chief Musician. Concerning the silent dove, those far off. Of David, a secret treasure, when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up; fighting daily, he presses me down.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
{To the chanter, upon the domme stock dove, which flyeth far off: Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath} Be merciful unto me, O God, for men will tread me down: they are daily fighting and troubling me.
NET Bible
For the music director; according to the yonath-elem-rechovim style; a prayer of David, written when the Philistines captured him in Gath. Have mercy on me, O God, for men are attacking me! All day long hostile enemies are tormenting me.
New Heart English Bible
Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.
The Emphasized Bible
Show me favour, O God, For weak man hath panted for me, All the day, a fighter oppresseth me:
Webster
To the chief Musician upon Jonathelem-rechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be merciful to me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
World English Bible
Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.
Youngs Literal Translation
To the Overseer. -- 'On the Dumb Dove far off.' -- A secret treasure of David, in the Philistines' taking hold of him in Gath. Favour me, O God, for man swallowed me up, All the day fighting he oppresseth me,
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 56:1
Images Psalm 56:1
Prayers for Psalm 56:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Call For God's Protection
1
All day long the adversary oppresses and torments me.
2
My enemies have trampled upon me all day long,
For they are many who fight proudly against me.
Cross References
Psalm 16:1
Psalm 27:2
When the wicked came against me to eat up my flesh,
My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell.
Psalm 57:1-3
For my soul finds shelter and safety in You,
And in the shadow of Your wings I will take refuge and be confidently secure
Until destruction passes by.
Psalm 69:13-16
But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Lord, at an acceptable and opportune time;
O God, in the greatness of Your favor and in the abundance of Your lovingkindness,
Answer me with truth [that is, the faithfulness of Your salvation].
1 Samuel 21:11-15
The servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David the king of the land? Did they not sing in praise of this one as they danced, saying,
And David his ten thousands’?”
1 Samuel 29:4
But the Philistine commanders were angry with Achish and they said to him, “Make this man return, so that he may go back to his place where you have assigned him, and do not let him go down to battle with us, or in the battle he may [turn and] become our adversary. For how could David reconcile himself to his lord [Saul]? Would it not be with the heads of these [Philistine] men?
Psalm 21:9
You will make them as [if in] a blazing oven in the time of your anger;
The Lord will swallow them up in His wrath,
And the fire will devour them.
Psalm 31:9
Be gracious and compassionate to me, O Lord, for I am in trouble;
My eye is clouded and weakened by grief, my soul and my body also.
Psalm 35:25
Do not let them say in their heart, “Aha, that is what we wanted!”
Do not let them say, “We have swallowed him up and destroyed him.”
Psalm 58:1
Do you judge fairly, O sons of men?
Psalm 59:1
Set me securely on an inaccessibly high place away from those who rise up against me.
Psalm 59:10
My God in His [steadfast] lovingkindness will meet me;
God will let me look triumphantly on my enemies [who lie in wait for me].
Psalm 60:1
You have been angry; O restore us and turn again to us.
Psalm 106:17
Therefore the earth opened and swallowed Dathan,
And engulfed the company of Abiram.
Psalm 124:3
Then they would have [quickly] swallowed us alive,
When their wrath was kindled against us;
Psalm 136:10
To Him who struck the firstborn of Egypt,
For His lovingkindness endures forever;
Psalm 136:15
But tossed Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea,
For His lovingkindness endures forever;
Psalm 136:17-20
To Him who struck down great kings,
For His lovingkindness endures forever;
Psalm 143:12
In your lovingkindness, silence and destroy my enemies
And destroy all those who afflict my life,
For I am Your servant.
Proverbs 1:12
Let us swallow them alive like Sheol (the place of the dead),
Even whole, as those who go down to the pit [of death];
Lamentations 2:2
The Lord has swallowed up; He has not spared
All the country places of Jacob.
In His wrath He has thrown down
The strongholds of the Daughter of Judah (Jerusalem).
He has brought them down to the ground [in disgrace];
He has debased the kingdom and its princes.
Lamentations 2:5
The Lord has become like an enemy;
He has swallowed up Israel.
He has swallowed up all its palaces;
He has destroyed its strongholds
And multiplied in the Daughter of Judah
Mourning and lamentation (expressions of grief).
Lamentations 2:16
All your enemies
Have opened their mouths wide against you;
They [scornfully] hiss and gnash their teeth.
They say, “We have swallowed her up!
Certainly this is the day for which we waited;
We have reached it, we have seen it!”
Hosea 8:8
Israel is [as if] swallowed up [by enemies];
They are now among the nations
Like a vessel [of cheap, coarse pottery] that is useless.
1 Corinthians 15:54
And when this perishable puts on the imperishable, and this mortal puts on immortality, then the Scripture will be fulfilled that says, “Death is swallowed up in victory (vanquished forever).