Psalms 56:2 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 56:2

Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.

KJV

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ASV

Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; For they are many that fight proudly against me.

WEB

My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly assail me.

YLT

Mine enemies have swallowed up all the day, For many are fighting against me, O most High,

DBT

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

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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26 verses on the floor

2 Corinthians 4:8
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
Psalms 27:1
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Psalms 55:18
He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.
Psalms 59:10
The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.
Psalms 118:10–12
All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord will I destroy them.

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He confides in God, being assured that he took his part, comforting himself with this, that therefore he was safe and should be victorious, and that while he lived he should praise God,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

): " They are many that fight against me, and think to overpower me with numbers; take notice of this, O thou Most High! and make it to appear that wherein they deal proudly thou art above them." It is a point of honour to come in to the help of one against many.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

This triumphant word, so expressive of a holy magnanimity, the apostle puts into the mouth of every true believer, whom he makes a Christian hero, Heb. xiii. We may each of us boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and then I will not fear what man shall do unto me; for he has no power but what he has given him from above. That he was in bonds to God (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Man would swallow him up, those of his own kind, from whom he might have expected humanity. The ravenous beasts prey not upon those of their own species; yet a bad man would devour a good man if he could. "They are men, weak and frail; make them to know that they are so," Ps. ix.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

enemies--watchers (Ps 54:5). most High--As it is not elsewhere used absolutely for God, some render the word here, arrogantly, or proudly, as qualifying "those who fight," &c.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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