Parallel Verses
World English Bible
Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and 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.
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.
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.
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, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me. 2 My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me.
Cross References
Psalm 16:1
Preserve me, God, for in you do I take refuge.
Psalm 27:2
When evildoers came at me to eat up my flesh, even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.
Psalm 57:1-3
Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, until disaster has passed.
Psalm 69:13-16
But as for me, my prayer is to you, Yahweh, in an acceptable time. God, in the abundance of your loving kindness, answer me in the truth of your salvation.
1 Samuel 21:11-15
The servants of Achish said to him, "Isn't this David the king of the land? Didn't they sing one to another about him in dances, saying, 'Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands?'"
1 Samuel 29:4
But the princes of the Philistines were angry with him; and the princes of the Philistines said to him, "Make the man return, that he may go back to his place where you have appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us. For with what should this fellow reconcile himself to his lord? Should it not be with the heads of these men?
Psalm 21:9
You will make them as a fiery furnace in the time of your anger. Yahweh will swallow them up in his wrath. The fire shall devour them.
Psalm 31:9
Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am in distress. My eye, my soul, and my body waste away with grief.
Psalm 35:25
Don't let them say in their heart, "Aha! That's the way we want it!" Don't let them say, "We have swallowed him up!"
Psalm 58:1
Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?
Psalm 59:1
Deliver me from my enemies, my God. Set me on high from those who rise up against me.
Psalm 59:10
My God will go before me with his loving kindness. God will let me look at my enemies in triumph.
Psalm 60:1
God, you have rejected us. You have broken us down. You have been angry. 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 struck down the Egyptian firstborn; for his loving kindness endures forever;
Psalm 136:15
But overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea; for his loving kindness endures forever:
Psalm 136:17-20
To him who struck great kings; for his loving kindness endures forever;
Psalm 143:12
In your loving kindness, cut off my enemies, and destroy all those who afflict my soul, For I am your servant. By David.
Proverbs 1:12
let's swallow them up alive like Sheol, and whole, like those who go down into the pit.
Lamentations 2:2
The Lord has swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and has not pitied: He has thrown down in his wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah; He has brought them down to the ground; he has profaned the kingdom and its princes.
Lamentations 2:5
The Lord is become as an enemy, he has swallowed up Israel; He has swallowed up all her palaces, he has destroyed his strongholds; He has multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
Lamentations 2:16
All your enemies have opened their mouth wide against you; 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. Now they are among the nations like a worthless thing.
1 Corinthians 15:54
But when this corruptible will have put on incorruption, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written will happen: "Death is swallowed up in victory."