Chapter 56
Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
A. M. 2942. B.C. 1062. (Title.) upon {Jonath-elem- rechokim.} Or, as it may be rendered, "concerning the dumb dove, (or oppressed band) in distant places," i.e., David, or his companions; though some consider it as the name of a tune, and others a musical instrument
Michtam
or, a golden Psalm.
16:1 57:1 58:1 59:1 60:1 *titles
when
Be
31:9 57:1-3 59:10 69:13-16 136:10,15,17-20 143:12
swallow
21:9 27:2 35:25 57:3 106:17 124:3 Proverbs 1:12 Lamentations 2:2,5,16 Hosea 8:8 1 Corinthians 15:54
Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.
enemies
Heb. observers.
many
3:1 118:10-12 Acts 4:25-27 Revelation 16:14
most
9:2 91:1 92:1,8 93:4 Isaiah 57:15 Daniel 5:18 Micah 6:6
What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
34:4 55:4,5 1 Samuel 21:10,12 30:6 2 Chronicles 20:3 2 Corinthians 1:8-10 7:5,6
In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
In God I will
10,11 12:6 19:7,8 119:89,90,160 138:2 John 10:35
in God I have
27:1 46:1,2 118:6 Isaiah 31:3 41:10 Luke 12:4,5 Romans 8:31-39 Hebrews 13:6
Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
they
Isaiah 29:20,21 Matthew 22:15 26:61 Luke 11:54 John 2:19 2 Peter 3:16
all
1 Samuel 18:17,21,29 20:7,33 Jeremiah 18:18 Luke 22:3-6
They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
gather
2:1-3 59:3 71:10 140:2 Matthew 26:3,4,57 27:1 Acts 4:5,6 23:12-14
hide
mark
37:32 57:6 89:51 Job 14:16 31:4 Jeremiah 20:10 Luke 20:20
Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.
escape
94:20,21 Ecclesiastes 8:8 Isaiah 28:15 Jeremiah 7:10 Habakkuk 1:13
in thine
55:9,15,23 Jeremiah 10:25 18:19-23
Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
tellest
105:13,14 121:8 Numbers 33:2-56 1 Samuel 19:18 22:1-5 27:1 Isaiah 63:9 2 Corinthians 11:26 Hebrews 11:8,13,38
put
39:12 126:5,6 2 Kings 20:5 Job 16:20 Revelation 7:17
are they
139:16 Malachi 3:16 Matthew 10:30 Revelation 20:12
When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.
When
118:11-13 Exodus 17:9-11 Jeremiah 33:3
then
for
46:7,11 Isaiah 8:9,10 Romans 8:31
In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word.
4 60:6 Genesis 32:11 Matthew 24:35 Hebrews 6:18 2 Peter 1:4
In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
I will not
27:1 112:7,8 Isaiah 51:7,8,12,13
Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
Thy
66:13,14 76:11 116:14-19 119:106 Genesis 28:20-22 35:1-3 Numbers 30:2-16 1 Samuel 1:11,24-28 Ecclesiastes 5:4-6
I will
9:1-3 21:13 59:16,17 Isaiah 12:1
For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
For
86:12,13 116:8 2 Corinthians 1:10 1 Thessalonians 1:10 Hebrews 2:15 James 5:20
wilt
17:5 94:18 145:14 1 Samuel 2:9
walk
116:9 Genesis 17:1 Isaiah 2:5 38:3
the light
Job 33:30 John 8:12 12:35,36 Ephesians 5:8-14 Revelation 21:23,24