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Psalm 56:3-4 KJV
Psalms · chapter 56 · verses 3–4
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.Psalm 56:3-4 · King James Version
Psalm 56:3-4 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.
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.
Commentary
Cross references
- Psalms 34:4
- 1 Samuel 30:6
- 2 Corinthians 7:5-6
- Psalms 55:4-5
- 1 Samuel 21:12
- 2 Chronicles 20:3
- 2 Corinthians 1:8-10
- Psalms 11:1
- Hebrews 13:6
- Psalms 118:6
- Romans 8:31-39
- Psalms 27:1
Key words (Strong's)
- afraidyârêʼto fearH3372 →
- praisehâlalto be clearH1984 →
- trustbâṭachfiguratively, to trust, be confident or sureH982 →
- fleshbâsârfleshH1320 →
- timeyôwma day , whether literal , or figurativeH3117 →
- worddâbâra wordH1697 →
- Godʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary senseH430 →
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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