Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Be merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up. Fighting all the day long he oppresses 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.
American Standard Version
Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: All the day long he fighting oppresseth me.
Amplified
All day long the adversary oppresses and torments 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 Be merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up. Fighting all the day long he oppresses me. 2 My enemies would swallow me up all the day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me.
Cross References
Psalm 16:1
Preserve me, O God, for in thee do I take refuge.
Psalm 27:2
When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, [even] my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.
Psalm 57:1-3
Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in thee. Yea, in the shadow of thy wings I will take refuge until calamities be passed by.
Psalm 69:13-16
But as for me, my prayer is to thee, O LORD. In an acceptable time, O God, in the abundance of thy loving kindness, answer me in the truth of thy salvation.
1 Samuel 21:11-15
And the servants of Achish said to him, Is not this 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
But the rulers of the Philistines were angry with him. And the rulers of the Philistines said to him, Make the man return, that he may go back to his place where thou have appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, l
Psalm 21:9
Thou will make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thine anger. LORD will swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
Psalm 31:9
Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in distress. My eye wastes away with grief, [yea], my soul and my body.
Psalm 35:25
Let them not say in their heart, Aha, so would we have it. Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
Psalm 58:1
Do ye indeed speak righteousness in silence? Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
Psalm 59:1
Deliver me from my enemies, O my God. Set me on high from those who rise up against me.
Psalm 59:10
My God with his loving kindness will meet me. God will let me look upon my enemies.
Psalm 60:1
O God thou have cast us off. Thou have broken us down. Thou have been angry. O restore us again.
Psalm 106:17
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
Psalm 124:3
then they would have swallowed us up alive when their wrath was kindled against us,
Psalm 136:10
to him who smote Egypt in their firstborn, for his loving kindness [is] forever,
Psalm 136:15
but overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea, for his loving kindness [is] forever,
Psalm 136:17-20
to him who smote great kings, for his loving kindness [is] forever,
Psalm 143:12
And in thy loving kindness cut off my enemies, and destroy all those who afflict my soul, for I am thy servant.
Proverbs 1:12
Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those who go down into the pit.
Lamentations 2:2
LORD has swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and has not pitied. In his wrath he has thrown down the strongholds of the daughter of Judah. He has brought them down to the ground. He has profaned the kingdom and the rulers th
Lamentations 2:5
LORD has become as an enemy. He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces. He has destroyed his strongholds. And he has multiplied mourning and lamentation in the daughter of Judah.
Lamentations 2:16
All thine enemies have opened their mouth wide against thee. They hiss and gnash the teeth. They say, We have swallowed her up. Certainly this is the day that we looked for. We have found, we have seen it.
Hosea 8:8
Israel is swallowed up. They are now among the nations as a vessel in which no man delights.
1 Corinthians 15:54
But when this perishable will have put on imperishability, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then will come to pass the saying that is written, Death was swallowed up in victory.