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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] [55:1] εις το τελος υπερ του λαου του απο των αγιων μεμακρυμμενου τω δαυιδ εις στηλογραφιαν οποτε εκρατησαν αυτον οι αλλοφυλοι εν γεθ [55:2] ελεησον με κυριε οτι κατεπατησεν με ανθρωπος ολην την ημεραν πολεμων εθλιψεν με
[2] [55:3] κατεπατησαν με οι εχθροι μου ολην την ημεραν οτι πολλοι οι πολεμουντες με απο υψους
[3] [55:4] ημερας φοβηθησομαι εγω δε επι σοι ελπιω
[4] [55:5] εν τω θεω επαινεσω τους λογους μου ολην την ημεραν επι τω θεω ηλπισα ου φοβηθησομαι τι ποιησει μοι σαρξ
[5] [55:6] ολην την ημεραν τους λογους μου εβδελυσσοντο κατ εμου παντες οι διαλογισμοι αυτων εις κακον
[6] [55:7] παροικησουσιν και κατακρυψουσιν αυτοι την πτερναν μου φυλαξουσιν καθαπερ υπεμειναν την ψυχην μου
[7] [55:8] υπερ του μηθενος σωσεις αυτους εν οργη λαους καταξεις ο θεος
[8] [55:9] την ζωην μου εξηγγειλα σοι εθου τα δακρυα μου ενωπιον σου ως και εν τη επαγγελια σου
[9] [55:10] επιστρεψουσιν οι εχθροι μου εις τα οπισω εν η αν ημερα επικαλεσωμαι σε ιδου εγνων οτι θεος μου ει συ
[10] [55:11] επι τω θεω αινεσω ρημα επι τω κυριω αινεσω λογον
[11] [55:12] επι τω θεω ηλπισα ου φοβηθησομαι τι ποιησει μοι ανθρωπος
[12] [55:13] εν εμοι ο θεος αι ευχαι ας αποδωσω αινεσεως σοι
[13] [55:14] οτι ερρυσω την ψυχην μου εκ θανατου και τους ποδας μου εξ ολισθηματος του ευαρεστησαι ενωπιον του θεου εν φωτι ζωντων

The Greek New Testament According to the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Dedicated to the public domain by Guardian Press, Inc. and J. Jeffrey Dodson.