Psalms 56:2

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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  • Ps 3:1 : 1 ¶ A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many [are] they that rise up against me.
  • Ps 9:2 : 2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
  • Ps 35:1 : 1 ¶ [A Psalm] of David. Plead [my cause], O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
  • Ps 54:5 : 5 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.
  • Ps 57:3 : 3 He shall send from heaven, and save me [from] the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy 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 [or] Song for the sabbath day. [It is a] good [thing] to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:
  • Ps 92:8 : 8 But thou, LORD, [art most] high for evermore.
  • Ps 93:4 : 4 The LORD on high [is] mightier than the noise of many waters, [yea, than] the mighty waves of the sea.
  • Ps 118:10-12 : 10 All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them. 11 They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. 12 They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
  • 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 ones.
  • Dan 5:18 : 18 O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:
  • Mic 6:6 : 6 ¶ Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, [and] bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
  • Acts 4:25-27 : 25 Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things? 26 The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ. 27 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
  • Rev 16:14 : 14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, [which] go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 56:1
    88%

    1¶ To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.

  • Ps 102:8
    80%

    8Mine enemies reproach me all the day; [and] they that are mad against me are sworn against me.

  • Ps 56:5-6
    2 verses
    79%

    5Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts [are] against me for evil.

    6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.

  • Ps 25:19
    78%

    19Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.

  • Ps 71:10
    78%

    10For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,

  • Ps 27:2
    77%

    2When the wicked, [even] mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

  • Ps 59:1
    77%

    1¶ To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.

  • Ps 13:2
    76%

    2How long shall I take counsel in my soul, [having] sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

  • Ps 3:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1¶ A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many [are] they that rise up against me.

    2Many [there be] which say of my soul, [There is] no help for him in God. Selah.

  • Ps 38:19
    75%

    19But mine enemies [are] lively, [and] they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

  • Lam 3:62
    75%

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

  • Ps 42:10
    75%

    10[As] with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where [is] thy God?

  • Ps 41:5
    75%

    5¶ Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?

  • Ps 54:3
    75%

    3For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.

  • Ps 17:9
    75%

    9From the wicked that oppress me, [from] my deadly enemies, [who] compass me about.

  • 2 Sam 22:41
    74%

    41Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.

  • Ps 55:3
    74%

    3Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.

  • Ps 56:3
    74%

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

  • Job 16:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9He teareth [me] in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

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

  • Ps 86:14
    74%

    14O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent [men] have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.

  • Ps 13:4
    74%

    4Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; [and] those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

  • 2 Sam 22:49
    74%

    49And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.

  • Ps 18:40
    73%

    40Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.

  • Ps 59:3
    73%

    3For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not [for] my transgression, nor [for] my sin, O LORD.

  • Ps 9:3
    73%

    3When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.

  • Lam 1:21
    73%

    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 called, and they shall be like unto me.

  • Ps 71:13
    73%

    13Let them be confounded [and] consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered [with] reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.

  • Ps 7:5
    73%

    5Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take [it]; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

  • Ps 143:9
    73%

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

  • Ps 69:4
    73%

    4They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, [being] mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored [that] which I took not away.

  • Lam 2:16
    73%

    16All thine enemies have opened their mouth 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].

  • Ps 83:2
    73%

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

  • Ps 55:18
    72%

    18He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle [that was] against me: for there were many with me.

  • Ps 139:20
    72%

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

  • Ps 27:12
    72%

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

  • Ps 55:12
    72%

    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
    72%

    18He delivered me from my strong enemy, [and] from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me.

  • Ps 18:17
    72%

    17He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.

  • Ps 6:7
    72%

    7Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.

  • Ps 59:10
    72%

    10The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see [my desire] upon mine enemies.

  • Lam 3:52
    72%

    52Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.

  • Ps 56:9
    72%

    9When I cry [unto thee], then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God [is] for me.

  • Ps 31:15
    72%

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

  • Ps 38:12
    72%

    12¶ They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me]: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

  • Ps 88:17
    72%

    17They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.

  • Ps 119:157
    72%

    157¶ Many [are] my persecutors and mine enemies; [yet] do I not decline from thy testimonies.

  • Ps 57:3
    72%

    3He shall send from heaven, and save me [from] the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.