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