Psalm 56:1

Be gracious to me, O God, for man has trampled on me;
All day long the adversary oppresses and torments me.

Psalm 16:1

Keep and protect me, O God, for in You I have placed my trust and found refuge.

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

Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious and merciful to me,
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,‘Saul has slain his thousands,
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 indeed speak righteousness, O gods (heavenly beings)?
Do you judge fairly, O sons of men?

Psalm 59:1

Deliver me from my enemies, O my God;
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

O God, You have rejected us and cast us off. You have broken [down our defenses and scattered] us;
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).

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

{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.

General references

Bible References

When

1 Samuel 21:11
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,‘Saul has slain his thousands,
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?

Be

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 57:1
Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious and merciful to me,
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 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 69:13

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].
Psalm 136:10

To Him who struck the firstborn of Egypt,
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.

General references

Psalm 118:13

You [my enemy] pushed me violently so that I was falling,
But the Lord helped me.
Psalm 119:134

Redeem me from the oppression of man;
That I may keep Your precepts.