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.

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Bible References

When

1 Samuel 21:11
And the slaves of Achish said unto him, Is this not David, the king of the land? Did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul has slain his thousands and David his ten thousands?
1 Samuel 29:4
Then the princes of the Philistines were angry with him, and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him and not come with us to the battle lest in the battle he be an adversary to us, for with what should he return to the good graces of his master than with the heads of these men?

Be

Psalm 31:9
Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: my eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
Psalm 57:1
Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusts in thee; and in the shadow of thy wings I will make my refuge until these calamities are overpast.
Psalm 59:10
The God of my mercy shall meet me on the way; God shall let me see my desire upon my enemies.
Psalm 69:13
But I corrected my prayer unto thee, O LORD, in the time of thy good pleasure; O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy saving health.
Psalm 136:10
To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endures for ever:
Psalm 143:12
And by thy mercy thou shalt scatter my enemies and destroy all the adversaries of my soul; for I am thy slave.

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Psalm 118:13
Thou hast thrust at me with violence that I might fall, but the LORD helped me.
Psalm 119:134
Ransom me from the violence of men, and I will keep thy precepts.