Psalm 56:1

Easy To Read Version

God, people have attacked me,\par so be merciful to me.\par They have been constantly\par chasing me and fighting me.\par

Cross References

Psalm 106:17

So God punished those jealous people.\par The ground opened up\par and swallowed Dathan.\par Then the ground closed up\par and covered Abiram’s group.\par

Psalm 124:3

Our enemies would have swallowed us alive\par whenever they became angry at us.\par

Psalm 136:10

God killed the firstborn men and animals\par in Egypt.\par His true love continues forever.\par

Psalm 136:15

God drowned Pharaoh and his army\par in the Red Sea.\par His true love continues forever.\par

Psalm 143:12

Lord, show me your love,\par and defeat my enemies\par who are trying to kill me.\par Why? Because I am your servant.\par

Psalm 16:1

Protect me, God,\par because I depend on you.\par

Psalm 21:9

Lord, when you are with the king,\par he is like a hot oven \{that burns up everything in it\}.\par His anger burns like a hot fire,\par and he destroys his enemies.\par

Psalm 27:2

Evil people might attack me.\par They might try to destroy my body.\par My enemies might try to attack\par and destroy me.\par

Psalm 31:9

Lord, I have many troubles.\par So be kind to me.\par I am so upset that my eyes are hurting.\par My throat and stomach are aching.\par

Psalm 35:25

Don’t let those people say,\par “Aha! We got what we wanted!”\par Lord, don’t let them say,\par “We destroyed him!”\par

Psalm 58:1

You judges are not being fair\par in your decisions.\par You are not judging people fairly.\par

Psalm 59:1

God, save me from my enemies.\par Help me defeat the people who\par have come to fight me.\par

Psalm 59:10

God loves me, and he will help me win.\par He will help me defeat my enemies.\par

Psalm 60:1

God, you were angry at us.\par You rejected us\par and destroyed us.\par Please make us whole again.\par

Proverbs 1:12

We will kill that person. We will send that person to the place of death. We will destroy that person and send him to the grave.

Lamentations 2:16

All your enemies laugh at you.\par They whistle and grind their teeth at you.\par They say,\par “We have swallowed them up!\par This is truly the day we were hoping for.\par We have finally seen this happen.”\par

Lamentations 2:2

The Lord destroyed the houses of Jacob. {\cf2\super [9]} \par He destroyed them without mercy.\par He destroyed in his anger\par the fortresses of the Daughter of Judah. {\cf2\super [10]} \par The Lord threw the kingdom of Judah\par and its rulers to the ground.\par He ruined the kingdom of Judah.\par

Lamentations 2:5

The Lord has become like an enemy.\par He has swallowed up Israel.\par He has swallowed up all her palaces.\par He has swallowed up all her fortresses.\par He has made much sadness\par and crying for the dead\par in the Daughter of Judah. {\cf2\super [12]} \par

Hosea 8:8

Israel was destroyed.\par \{Its people are scattered among the\} nations\par like some dish that was thrown away\par because no one wanted it.\par

1 Corinthians 15:54

So this \{body\} that ruins will clothe itself with that which never ruins. And this body that dies will clothe itself with that which never dies. When this happens, then the Scriptures {\cf2\super [119]} will be made true:

1 Samuel 29:4

But the Philistine captains were angry with Achish. They said, “Send David back! David must go back to the city you gave him. He can’t go with us into battle. {If he is here} we will have an enemy in our own camp. He would make his king happy by killing our men.