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Psalm 56:2 KJV
Psalms · chapter 56 · verse 2
Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.Psalm 56:2 · King James Version
Psalm 56:2 in context
1Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
2Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.
3What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
4In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- enemiesshârarto be hostileH8324 →
- swallowshâʼaphto inhale eagerlyH7602 →
- dailyyôwma day , whether literal , or figurativeH3117 →
- fightlâchamto feed onH3898 →
- manyrababundantH7227 →
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David, in this psalm, by his faith throws himself into the hands of God, even when he had by his fear and folly thrown himself into the hands of the Philistines; it was when they took him in Gath, whither he fled for fear of Saul, forgetting the quarrel they had with him for killing Goliath;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7