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World English Bible

Psalm 56 (WEBP)

[1] Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.
[2] My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me.
[3] When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.
[4] In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
[5] All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.
[6] They conspire and lurk, watching my steps. They are eager to take my life.
[7] Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, God.
[8] You count my wanderings. You put my tears into your container. Aren’t they in your book?
[9] Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this: that God is for me.
[10] In God, I will praise his word. In Yahweh, I will praise his word.
[11] I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
[12] Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you.
[13] For you have delivered my soul from death, and prevented my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Psalm 56 (KJVS)

[1] Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; He fighting daily oppresseth me.
[2] Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: For they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.
[3] What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
[4] In God I will praise his word, In God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
[5] Every day they wrest my words: All their thoughts are against me for evil.
[6] They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
[7] Shall they escape by iniquity? In thine anger cast down the people, O God.
[8] Thou tellest my wanderings: Put thou my tears into thy bottle: Are they not in thy book?
[9] When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: This I know; for God is for me.
[10] In God will I praise his word: In the Lord will I praise his word.
[11] In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
[12] Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
[13] 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?

Psalm 56:2 Heb. mine observers

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Psalm 56 (BYZ)

[1] Εἰς () τὸ () τέλος, () ὑπὲρ () τοῦ () λαοῦ () τοῦ () ἀπὸ () τῶν () ἁγίων () μεμακρυμμένου· τῷ () Δαυιδ () εἰς () στηλογραφίαν, ὁπότε () ἐκράτησαν () αὐτὸν () οἱ () ἀλλόφυλοι () ἐν () Γεθ. Ἐλέησόν () με, () κύριε, () ὅτι () κατεπάτησέν () με () ἄνθρωπος, () ὅλην () τὴν () ἡμέραν () πολεμῶν () ἔθλιψέν () με. ()
[2] Κατεπάτησάν () με () οἱ () ἐχθροί () μου () ὅλην () τὴν () ἡμέραν, () ὅτι () πολλοὶ () οἱ () πολεμοῦντές () με () ἀπὸ () ὕψους. ()
[3] Ἡμέρας () φοβηθήσομαι, () ἐγὼ () δὲ () ἐπὶ () σοὶ () ἐλπιῶ. ()
[4] Ἐν () τῷ () θεῷ () ἐπαινέσω () τοὺς () λόγους () μου () ὅλην () τὴν () ἡμέραν. () Ἐπὶ () τῷ () θεῷ () ἤλπισα, () οὐ () φοβηθήσομαι· () τί () ποιήσει () μοι () σάρξ; ()
[5] Ὅλην () τὴν () ἡμέραν () τοὺς () λόγους () μου () ἐβδελύσσοντο, () κατ’ () ἐμοῦ () πάντες () οἱ () διαλογισμοὶ () αὐτῶν () εἰς () κακόν. ()
[6] Παροικήσουσιν () καὶ () κατακρύψουσιν· αὐτοὶ () τὴν () πτέρναν () μου () φυλάξουσιν, () καθάπερ () ὑπέμειναν () τὴν () ψυχήν () μου. ()
[7] Ὑπὲρ () τοῦ () μηθενὸς () σώσεις () αὐτούς, () ἐν () ὀργῇ () λαοὺς () κατάξεις, () ὁ () θεός. ()
[8] Τὴν () ζωήν () μου () ἐξήγγειλά () σοι, () ἔθου () τὰ () δάκρυά μου () ἐνώπιόν () σου () ὡς () καὶ () ἐν () τῇ () ἐπαγγελίᾳ () σου. ()
[9] Ἐπιστρέψουσιν () οἱ () ἐχθροί () μου () εἰς () τὰ () ὀπίσω, () ἐν () ᾗ () ἂν () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐπικαλέσωμαί () σε· () ἰδοὺ () ἔγνων () ὅτι () θεός () μου () εἶ () σύ. ()
[10] Ἐπὶ () τῷ () θεῷ () αἰνέσω () ῥῆμα, () ἐπὶ () τῷ () κυρίῳ () αἰνέσω () λόγον. ()
[11] Ἐπὶ () τῷ () θεῷ () ἤλπισα, () οὐ () φοβηθήσομαι· () τί () ποιήσει () μοι () ἄνθρωπος; ()
[12] Ἐν () ἐμοί, () ὁ () θεός, () αἱ () εὐχαὶ () ἃς () ἀποδώσω () αἰνέσεώς () σοι, ()
[13] ὅτι () ἐρρύσω () τὴν () ψυχήν () μου () ἐκ () θανάτου () καὶ () τοὺς () πόδας () μου () ἐξ () ὀλισθήματος τοῦ () εὐαρεστῆσαι () ἐνώπιον () τοῦ () θεοῦ () ἐν () φωτὶ () ζώντων. ()

Psalm 56:1 Originally verses 55:1–2.
Psalm 56:2 Originally verse 55:3.
Psalm 56:3 Originally verse 55:4.
Psalm 56:4 Originally verse 55:5.
Psalm 56:5 Originally verse 55:6.
Psalm 56:6 Originally verse 55:7.
Psalm 56:7 Originally verse 55:8.
Psalm 56:8 Originally verse 55:9.
Psalm 56:9 Originally verse 55:10.
Psalm 56:10 Originally verse 55:11.
Psalm 56:11 Originally verse 55:12.
Psalm 56:12 Originally verse 55:13.
Psalm 56:13 Originally verse 55:14.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.