Psalms 56:2

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Those who anticipate my defeat attack me all day long. Indeed, many are fighting against me, O Exalted One.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 3:1 : 1 A psalm of David, written when he fled from his son Absalom. LORD, how numerous are my enemies! Many attack me.
  • Ps 9:2 : 2 I will be happy and rejoice in you! I will sing praises to you, O Most High!
  • Ps 35:1 : 1 By David. O LORD, fight those who fight with me! Attack those who attack me!
  • Ps 54:5 : 5 May those who wait to ambush me be repaid for their evil! As a demonstration of your faithfulness, destroy them!
  • Ps 57:3 : 3 May he send help from heaven and deliver me from my enemies who hurl insults!(Selah) May God send his loyal love and faithfulness!
  • Ps 91:1 : 1 As for you, the one who lives in the shelter of the Most High, and resides in the protective shadow of the Sovereign One–
  • Ps 92:1 : 1 A psalm; a song for the Sabbath day. It is fitting to thank the LORD, and to sing praises to your name, O Most High!
  • Ps 92:8 : 8 But you, O LORD, reign forever!
  • Ps 93:4 : 4 Above the sound of the surging water, and the mighty waves of the sea, the LORD sits enthroned in majesty.
  • Ps 118:10-12 : 10 All the nations surrounded me. Indeed, in the name of the LORD I pushed them away. 11 They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. Indeed, in the name of the LORD I pushed them away. 12 They surrounded me like bees. But they disappeared as quickly as a fire among thorns. Indeed, in the name of the LORD I pushed them away.
  • Isa 57:15 : 15 For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy:“I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.
  • Dan 5:18 : 18 As for you, O king, the most high God bestowed on your father Nebuchadnezzar a kingdom, greatness, honor, and majesty.
  • Mic 6:6 : 6 With what should I enter the LORD’s presence? With what should I bow before the sovereign God? Should I enter his presence with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?
  • Acts 4:25-27 : 25 who said by the Holy Spirit through your servant David our forefather,‘Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot foolish things? 26 The kings of the earth stood together, and the rulers assembled together, against the Lord and against his Christ.’ 27 “For indeed both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed,
  • Rev 16:14 : 14 For they are the spirits of the demons performing signs who go out to the kings of the earth to bring them together for the battle that will take place on the great day of God, the All-Powerful.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Ps 56:1
    88%

    1For the music director; according to the yonath-elem-rekhoqim style; a prayer of David, written when the Philistines captured him in Gath. Have mercy on me, O God, for men are attacking me! All day long hostile enemies are tormenting me.

  • Ps 102:8
    80%

    8All day long my enemies taunt me; those who mock me use my name in their curses.

  • Ps 56:5-6
    2 verses
    79%

    5All day long they cause me trouble; they make a habit of plotting my demise.

    6They stalk and lurk; they watch my every step, as they prepare to take my life.

  • Ps 25:19
    78%

    19Watch my enemies, for they outnumber me; they hate me and want to harm me.

  • Ps 71:10
    78%

    10For my enemies talk about me; those waiting for a chance to kill me plot my demise.

  • Ps 27:2
    77%

    2When evil men attack me to devour my flesh, when my adversaries and enemies attack me, they stumble and fall.

  • Ps 59:1
    77%

    1For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David, written when Saul sent men to surround his house and murder him. Deliver me from my enemies, my God! Protect me from those who attack me!

  • Ps 13:2
    76%

    2How long must I worry, and suffer in broad daylight? How long will my enemy gloat over me?

  • Ps 3:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1A psalm of David, written when he fled from his son Absalom. LORD, how numerous are my enemies! Many attack me.

    2Many say about me,“God will not deliver him.”(Selah)

  • Ps 38:19
    75%

    19But those who are my enemies for no reason are numerous; those who hate me without cause outnumber me.

  • Lam 3:62
    75%

    62My assailants revile and conspire against me all day long.

  • Ps 42:10
    75%

    10My enemies’ taunts cut into me to the bone, as they say to me all day long,“Where is your God?”

  • Ps 41:5
    75%

    5My enemies ask this cruel question about me,‘When will he finally die and be forgotten?’

  • Ps 54:3
    75%

    3For foreigners attack me; ruthless men, who do not respect God, seek my life.(Selah)

  • Ps 17:9
    75%

    9Protect me from the wicked men who attack me, my enemies who crowd around me for the kill.

  • 2 Sam 22:41
    74%

    41You make my enemies retreat; I destroy those who hate me.

  • Ps 55:3
    74%

    3because of what the enemy says, and because of how the wicked pressure me, for they hurl trouble down upon me and angrily attack me.

  • Ps 56:3
    74%

    3When I am afraid, I trust in you.

  • Job 16:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9His anger has torn me and persecuted me; he has gnashed at me with his teeth; my adversary locks his eyes on me.

    10People have opened their mouths against me, they have struck my cheek in scorn; they unite together against me.

  • Ps 86:14
    74%

    14O God, arrogant men attack me; a gang of ruthless men, who do not respect you, seek my life.

  • Ps 13:4
    74%

    4Then my enemy will say,“I have defeated him!” Then my foes will rejoice because I am shaken.

  • 2 Sam 22:49
    74%

    49He delivers me from my enemies; you snatch me away from those who attack me; you rescue me from violent men.

  • Ps 18:40
    73%

    40You make my enemies retreat; I destroy those who hate me.

  • Ps 59:3
    73%

    3For look, they wait to ambush me; powerful men stalk me, but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O LORD.

  • Ps 9:3
    73%

    3When my enemies turn back, they trip and are defeated before you.

  • Lam 1:21
    73%

    21ש(Sin/Shin) They have heard that I groan, yet there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have brought it about. Bring about the day of judgment that you promised so that they may end up like me!

  • Ps 71:13
    73%

    13May my accusers be humiliated and defeated! May those who want to harm me be covered with scorn and disgrace!

  • Ps 7:5
    73%

    5may an enemy relentlessly chase me and catch me; may he trample me to death and leave me lying dishonored in the dust.(Selah)

  • Ps 143:9
    73%

    9Rescue me from my enemies, O LORD! I run to you for protection.

  • Ps 69:4
    73%

    4Those who hate me without cause are more numerous than the hairs of my head. Those who want to destroy me, my enemies for no reason, outnumber me. They make me repay what I did not steal!

  • Lam 2:16
    73%

    16פ(Pe) All your enemies gloated over you. They sneered and gnashed their teeth; they said,“We have destroyed her! Ha! We have waited a long time for this day. We have lived to see it!”

  • Ps 83:2
    73%

    2For look, your enemies are making a commotion; those who hate you are hostile.

  • Ps 55:18
    72%

    18He will rescue me and protect me from those who attack me, even though they greatly outnumber me.

  • Ps 139:20
    72%

    20They rebel against you and act deceitfully; your enemies lie.

  • Ps 27:12
    72%

    12Do not turn me over to my enemies, for false witnesses who want to destroy me testify against me.

  • Ps 55:12
    72%

    12Indeed, it is not an enemy who insults me, or else I could bear it; it is not one who hates me who arrogantly taunts me, or else I could hide from him.

  • 2 Sam 22:18
    72%

    18He rescued me from my strong enemy, from those who hate me, for they were too strong for me.

  • Ps 18:17
    72%

    17He rescued me from my strong enemy, from those who hate me, for they were too strong for me.

  • Ps 6:7
    72%

    7My eyes grow dim from suffering; they grow weak because of all my enemies.

  • Ps 59:10
    72%

    10The God who loves me will help me; God will enable me to triumph over my enemies.

  • Lam 3:52
    72%

    52צ(Tsade) For no good reason my enemies hunted me down like a bird.

  • Ps 56:9
    72%

    9My enemies will turn back when I cry out to you for help; I know that God is on my side.

  • Ps 31:15
    72%

    15You determine my destiny! Rescue me from the power of my enemies and those who chase me.

  • Ps 38:12
    72%

    12Those who seek my life try to entrap me; those who want to harm me speak destructive words; all day long they say deceitful things.

  • Ps 88:17
    72%

    17They surround me like water all day long; they join forces and encircle me.

  • Ps 119:157
    72%

    157The enemies who chase me are numerous. Yet I do not turn aside from your rules.

  • Ps 57:3
    72%

    3May he send help from heaven and deliver me from my enemies who hurl insults!(Selah) May God send his loyal love and faithfulness!