Psalms 56:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Mine enemies{H8802)} would daily swallow{H8804)} me up: for they be many that fight{H8802)} against me, O thou most High.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חָנֵּ֣נִי אֱ֭לֹהִים כִּֽי־שְׁאָפַ֣נִי אֱנ֑וֹשׁ כָּל־הַ֝יּ֗וֹם לֹחֵ֥ם יִלְחָצֵֽנִי׃

Transliteration

Ḥānnēnî ʾĕlōhîm for-šəʾāpanî ʾĕnôš all-the-yôm lōḥēm yilḥāṣēnî

Grammar Details

*Ḥānnēnî*: Qal imperative masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - be gracious to me
*ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun used as singular - God
*šəʾāpanî*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - he pants after me/swallows me up
*ʾĕnôš*: masculine singular noun - man/mankind/mortal
*yôm*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the day
*lōḥēm*: Qal participle masculine singular - fighting/warrior
*yilḥāṣēnî*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - he oppresses me

Word Meanings

*Ḥānnēnî*: be gracious to me/have mercy on me/show favor to me
*šəʾāpanî*: pants after me/tramples on me/crushes me/swallows me up
*ʾĕnôš*: man/mankind/mortal/human
*lōḥēm*: fighter/warrior/one who fights
*yilḥāṣēnî*: oppresses me/presses me/crushes me

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Referenced Verses

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 {H8686)}{H8675)}{H8799)} evil unto mine enemies{H8802)}: cut them off{H8685)} in thy truth.
Ps 57:3 : 3 He shall send{H8799)} from heaven, and save{H8686)} me from the reproach{H8765)} of him that would swallow me up{H8802)}. Selah. God shall send forth{H8799)} his mercy and his truth.
Ps 91:1 : 1 He that dwelleth{H8802)} in the secret place of the most High shall abide{H8698)} 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{H8687)} unto the LORD, and to sing praises{H8763)} 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.

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Ps 13:2
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Ps 38:19
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10As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies{H8802)} reproach{H8765)} me; while they say{H8800)} daily unto me, Where is thy God?
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Ps 56:3
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Job 16:9-10
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9He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
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Ps 86:14
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14O God, the proud are risen{H8804)} against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought{H8765)} after my soul; and have not set{H8804)} thee before them.
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Ps 18:40
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Lam 1:21
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Ps 71:13
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Ps 7:5
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Ps 83:2
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Ps 55:18
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Ps 139:20
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Ps 27:12
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Ps 55:12
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12For it was not an enemy{H8802)} that reproached{H8762)} me; then I could have borne{H8799)} it: neither was it he that hated{H8764)} me that did magnify{H8689)} himself against me; then I would have hid{H8735)} myself from him:
2 Sam 22:18
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Ps 18:17
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Ps 6:7
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Ps 59:10
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10The God of my mercy shall prevent{H8762)} me: God shall let me see{H8686)} my desire upon mine enemies{H8802)}.
Lam 3:52
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52Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
Ps 56:9
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9When I cry{H8799)} unto thee, then shall mine enemies{H8802)} turn{H8799)} back: this I know{H8804)}; for God is for me.
Ps 31:15
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15My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
Ps 38:12
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