1Be merciful to me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresses me.


In Context

1 Be merciful to me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresses me.

2 My enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O you most High.

3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in you.

Psalm 56:1 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

56:1Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

56:1Be merciful to me, O God, for men hotly pursue me; all day long they press their attack.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

56:1Unto the end, for a people that is removed at a distance from the sanctuary for David, for an inscription of a title (or pillar ) when the Philistines held him in Geth. Have mercy on me, O God, for man hath trodden me under foot; all the day long he hath afflicted me fighting against me.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

56:1Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: All the day long he fighting oppresseth me.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

56:1{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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

56:1For the Chief Musician; set to Jonath elem rehokim. A Psalm of David: Michtam: when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: all the day long he fighting oppresseth me.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

56:1To 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

56:1Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

56:1To 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,