Psalms 56:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

In God, I will praise his word; in God, I have put my trust. I will not fear what flesh can do to me.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

י֥וֹם אִירָ֑א אֲ֝נִ֗י אֵלֶ֥יךָ אֶבְטָֽח׃

Transliteration

Yôm ʾîrāʾ ʾănî ʾēleykā ʾebṭāḥ

Grammar Details

• *Yôm*: masculine singular noun construct - day of
• *ʾîrāʾ*: Qal imperfect 1st singular - I fear/will fear
• *ʾănî*: 1st person singular independent pronoun - I
• *ʾēleykā*: preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to you
• *ʾebṭāḥ*: Qal imperfect 1st singular - I trust/will trust

Word Meanings

• *Yôm*: day/time/when
• *ʾîrāʾ*: I fear/I am afraid/I will be afraid
• *ʾebṭāḥ*: I trust/I will trust/I put my confidence

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  In God (I will praise his word), In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can flesh do unto me?

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  In God I will praise{H8762)} his word, in God I have put my trust{H8804)}; I will not fear{H8799)} what flesh can do{H8799)} unto me.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I wil comforte my self in Gods worde, yee I wil hope in God, and not feare: What can flesh then do vnto me?

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  I will reioyce in God, because of his word, I trust in God, and will not feare what flesh can doe vnto me.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  In the Lord I wyll prayse his word: in the Lorde I haue put my trust, and I wyll not feare what flesh can do vnto me.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  In God I praise His word, in God I have trusted, I fear not what flesh doth to me.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  In God (I will praise his word), In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can flesh do unto me?

• American Standard Version (1901)

  In God (I will praise his word), In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can flesh do unto me?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  In God will I give praise to his word; in God have I put my hope; I will have no fear of what flesh may do to me.

• World English Bible (2000)

  In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  In God– I boast in his promise– in God I trust, I am not afraid. What can mere men do to me?

Referenced Verses

• Ps 118:6 : 6 The LORD is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?
• Heb 13:6 : 6 So that we may boldly say, 'The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do to me.'
• Ps 56:10-11 : 10 In God will I praise his word; in the LORD will I praise his word. 11 In God I have put my trust; I will not be afraid of what man can do to me.
• Ps 27:1 : 1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
• Ps 119:160 : 160 Your word is true from the beginning, and every one of Your righteous judgments endures forever.
• Ps 138:2 : 2 I will worship toward Your holy temple and praise Your name for Your lovingkindness and for Your truth; for You have magnified Your word above all Your name.
• Isa 31:3 : 3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses are flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, both he who helps will fall, and he who is helped will fall down, and they all will fail together.
• Isa 41:10 : 10 Fear not; for I am with you: be not dismayed; for I am your God: I will strengthen you; yes, I will help you; yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
• Luke 12:4-5 : 4 And I say to you my friends, Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do. 5 But I will warn you whom you shall fear: Fear him, who after he has killed has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, Fear him.
• John 10:35 : 35 If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken,
• Rom 8:31-39 : 31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? 33 Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written: 'For Your sake we are killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.' 37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• Ps 46:1-2 : 1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth is removed, and though the mountains are carried into the midst of the sea;
• Ps 12:6 : 6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
• Ps 19:7-8 : 7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. 8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
• Ps 119:89-90 : 89 LAMED. Forever, O LORD, Your word is settled in heaven. 90 Your faithfulness endures to all generations; You established the earth, and it abides.