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Psalms 56:2

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

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
שָׁאֲפ֣וּsha.'a.Futhey have crushed [me]H7602 →
שׁ֭וֹרְרַיShor.raienemies myH8324 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
הַיּ֑וֹםhai.Yomthe dayH3117 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
רַבִּ֨יםra.Bimmany [people]H7227 →
לֹחֲמִ֖יםlo.cha.Mim[are] fightingH3898 →
לִ֣יlito me
מָרֽוֹם׃ma.RomheightH4791 →

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Psalms 55:18He redeems my soul in peace from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me.Psalms 59:10My God of loving devotion will come to meet me; God will let me stare down my foes.Psalms 118:10–12All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.Psalms 57:2I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills His purpose for me.Psalms 57:3He reaches down from heaven and saves me; He rebukes those who trample me. Selah God sends forth His loving devotion and His truth.Lamentations 2:16All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see it!”Psalms 3:1O LORD, how my foes have increased! How many rise up against me!Psalms 9:2I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.Psalms 93:4Above the roar of many waters— the mighty breakers of the sea— the LORD on high is majestic.Revelation 16:14These are demonic spirits that perform signs and go out to all the kings of the earth, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty.Isaiah 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.Psalms 92:1It is good to praise the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High,Psalms 35:1Contend with my opponents, O LORD; fight against those who fight against me.Psalms 92:8But You, O LORD, are exalted forever!Psalms 91:1He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.Daniel 5:18As for you, O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness, glory and honor.Psalms 54:5He will reward my enemies with evil. In Your faithfulness, destroy them.Acts 4:25–27You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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