Psalms 56:11
in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
BSB
ASV
In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can man do unto me?
KJV
In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
In God have I put my trust,.... See Gill on Psa 56:4; I will not be afraid what man can do unto me; the same with flesh in Psa 56:4, and is opposed to God, in whom he trusted; and it suggests that he was not, and would not, be afraid of the greatest of men, as well as of the meanest; See Gill on Psa 56:4; Arama distinguishes between "flesh" and "man"; the former, he says, means the Philistines, and the latter Saul and his army.
In God have I put my trust. This and the former verse are evidently the chorus of the Psalm. We cannot be too careful of our faith, or see too sedulously that it is grounded on the Lord alone. I will not be afraid what man can do unto me. Faith has banished fear. He views his foes in their most forcible character, calling them not flesh, but indicating them as man, yet he dreads them not; though the whole race were his enemies he would not be afraid now that his trust is stayed on God.
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The walk5
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Through
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