Psalms 56:2

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 3:1 : 1 [A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son]. Jehovah, how are mine adversaries increased! Many are they that rise up against me.
  • Ps 9:2 : 2 I will be glad and exult in thee; I will sing praise to thy name, O thou Most High.
  • Ps 35:1 : 1 [[ A Psalm] of David]. Strive thou, O Jehovah, with them that strive with me: Fight thou against them that fight against me.
  • Ps 54:5 : 5 He will requite the evil unto mine enemies: Destroy thou them in thy truth.
  • Ps 57:3 : 3 He will send from heaven, and save me, [When] he that would swallow me up reproacheth; {{Selah God will send forth his lovingkindness and his truth.
  • Ps 91:1 : 1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
  • Ps 92:1 : 1 [A Psalm, a Song for the sabbath day]. It is a good thing to give thanks unto Jehovah, And to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High;
  • Ps 92:8 : 8 But thou, O Jehovah, art on high for evermore.
  • Ps 93:4 : 4 Above the voices of many waters, The mighty breakers of the sea, Jehovah on high is mighty.
  • Ps 118:10-12 : 10 All nations compassed me about: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off. 11 They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off. 12 They compassed me about like bees; They are quenched as the fire of thorns: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.
  • Isa 57:15 : 15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
  • Dan 5:18 : 18 O thou king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty:
  • Mic 6:6 : 6 Wherewith shall I come before Jehovah, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves a year old?
  • Acts 4:25-27 : 25 who by the Holy Spirit, [by] the mouth of our father David thy servant, didst say, Why did the Gentiles rage, And the peoples imagine vain things? 26 The kings of the earth set themselves in array, And the rulers were gathered together, Against the Lord, and against his Anointed: 27 for of a truth in this city against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together,
  • Rev 16:14 : 14 for they are spirits of demons, working signs; which go forth unto the kings of the whole world, to gather them together unto the war of the great day of God, the Almighty.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    1[For 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.

  • Ps 102:8
    80%

    8Mine enemies reproach me all the day; They that are mad against me do curse by me.

  • Ps 56:5-6
    2 verses
    79%

    5All the day long they wrest my words: All their thoughts are against me for evil.

    6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.

  • Ps 25:19
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    19Consider mine enemies, for they are many; And they hate me with cruel hatred.

  • Ps 71:10
    78%

    10For mine enemies speak concerning me; And they that watch for my soul take counsel together,

  • Ps 27:2
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    2When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, [Even] mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.

  • Ps 59:1
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    1[For the Chief Musician; [set to] Al-tashheth. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him]. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: Set me on high from them that rise up against me.

  • Ps 13:2
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    2How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

  • Ps 3:1-2
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    76%

    1[A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son]. Jehovah, how are mine adversaries increased! Many are they that rise up against me.

    2Many there are that say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. {{Selah

  • Ps 38:19
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    19But mine enemies are lively, [and] are strong; And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

  • Lam 3:62
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    62The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.

  • Ps 42:10
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    10As with a sword in my bones, mine adversaries reproach me, While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

  • Ps 41:5
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    5Mine enemies speak evil against me, [saying], When will he die, and his name perish?

  • Ps 54:3
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    3For strangers are risen up against me, And violent men have sought after my soul: They have not set God before them. {{Selah

  • Ps 17:9
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    9From the wicked that oppress me, My deadly enemies, that compass me about.

  • 2 Sam 22:41
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    41Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.

  • Ps 55:3
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    3Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked; For they cast iniquity upon me, And in anger they persecute me.

  • Ps 56:3
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    3What time I am afraid, I will put my trust in thee.

  • Job 16:9-10
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    74%

    9He hath torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me; He hath gnashed upon me with his teeth: Mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

    10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me.

  • Ps 86:14
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    14O God, the proud are risen up against me, And a company of violent men have sought after my soul, And have not set thee before them.

  • Ps 13:4
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    4Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; [Lest] mine adversaries rejoice when I am moved.

  • 2 Sam 22:49
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    49And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: Yea, thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me; Thou deliverest me from the violent man.

  • Ps 18:40
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    40Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.

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    3For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul; The mighty gather themselves together against me: Not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.

  • Ps 9:3
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    3When mine enemies turn back, They stumble and perish at thy presence.

  • Lam 1:21
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    21They have heard that I sigh; there is none to comfort me; all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: Thou wilt bring the day that thou hast proclaimed, and they shall be like unto me.

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    13Let them be put to shame [and] consumed that are adversaries to my soul; Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor that seek my hurt.

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    9Deliver me, O Jehovah, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.

  • Ps 69:4
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    16All thine enemies have opened their mouth wide against thee; 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.

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    2For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult; And they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

  • Ps 55:18
    72%

    18He hath redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me; For they were many [that strove] with me.

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    20For they speak against thee wickedly, And thine enemies take [thy name] in vain.

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    12Deliver me not over unto the will of mine adversaries: For false witnesses are risen up against me, And such as breathe out cruelty.

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    12For it was not an enemy that reproached me; Then I could have borne it: Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; Then I would have hid myself from him:

  • 2 Sam 22:18
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    18He delivered me from my strong enemy, From them that hated me; for they were too mighty for me.

  • Ps 18:17
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    17He delivered me from my strong enemy, And from them that hated me; For they were too mighty for me.

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    52They have chased me sore like a bird, they that are mine enemies without cause.

  • Ps 56:9
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    9Then shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call: This I know, that God is for me.

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    15My times are in thy hand: Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

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    12They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me] ; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.

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    17They came round about me like water all the day long; They compassed me about together.

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    157Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries; [Yet] have I not swerved from thy testimonies.

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