Psalm 56:1

A Call For God's Protection

¹ {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. ² Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; for they are many that fight against me haughtily.

All Day Long

Be Merciful

Have Mercy

Be Gracious

O God

David

Gath

Michtam

Philistines

Psalm 16:1

{Michtam of David.} Preserve me, O God: for I trust in thee.

Psalm 27:2

When evil-doers, mine adversaries and mine enemies, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

Psalm 57:1-3

{To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam; when he fled from Saul in the cave.} Be gracious unto me, O God, be gracious unto me; for my soul taketh refuge in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings do I take refuge, until the calamities be overpast.

Psalm 69:13-16

But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, Jehovah, in an acceptable time: O God, in the abundance of thy loving-kindness answer me, according to 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 smitten his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

1 Samuel 29:4

But the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said to him, Make the man return, that he may go again to his place where thou hast appointed him, that he go not down with us to the battle, that in the battle he be not an adversary to us; for wherewith should this fellow reconcile himself to his master? should it not be with the heads of these men?

Psalm 21:9

Thou shalt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thy presence; Jehovah shall swallow them up in his anger, and the fire shall devour them:

Psalm 31:9

Be gracious unto me, Jehovah, for I am in trouble: mine eye wasteth away with vexation, my soul and my belly.

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

{To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam.} Is righteousness indeed silent? Do ye speak it? Do ye judge with equity, ye sons of men?

Psalm 59:1

{To the chief Musician. 'Destroy not.' Of David. Michtam; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.} Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God; secure me on high from them that rise up against me.

Psalm 59:10

God, whose loving-kindness will come to meet me, God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.

Psalm 60:1

{To the chief Musician. On Shushan. Testimony. Michtam of David; to teach: when he strove with the Syrians of Mesopotamia, and the Syrians of Zobah, and Joab returned, and smote the Edomites in the valley of salt, twelve thousand.} O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased: restore us again.

Psalm 106:17

The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram;

Psalm 124:3

Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us;

Psalm 136:10

To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever,

Psalm 136:15

And overturned Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;

Psalm 136:17-20

To him that smote great kings, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever,

Psalm 143:12

And in thy loving-kindness cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that oppress my soul: for I am thy servant.

Proverbs 1:12

let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those that go down into the pit;

Lamentations 2:2

The Lord hath swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob, and hath not spared; he hath thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah: he hath brought them down to the ground; he hath profaned the kingdom and the princes thereof.

Lamentations 2:5

The Lord is become as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel; he hath swallowed up all her palaces; he hath destroyed his strongholds, and hath multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

Lamentations 2:16

All thine enemies open their mouth against thee, they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up; this is forsooth the day that we looked for: we have found, we have seen it.

Hosea 8:8

Israel is swallowed up: now are they become among the nations as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.

1 Corinthians 15:54

But when this corruptible shall have put on incorruptibility, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the word written: Death has been swallowed up in victory.