Psalm 56:1

New American Bible - revised edition

For the director. According to Yonath elem rehoqim. A miktam of David, when the Philistines seized him at Gath.

Cross References

Psalm 106:17

The earth opened and swallowed Dathan, it closed on the followers of Abiram.

Psalm 124:3

Then they would have swallowed us alive, for their fury blazed against us.

Psalm 136:10

Who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, for his mercy endures forever;

Psalm 136:15

But swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea, for his mercy endures forever;

Psalm 143:12

In your mercy put an end to my foes; all those who are oppressing my soul, for I am your servant.

Psalm 16:1

A miktam of David. Keep me safe, O God; in you I take refuge.

Psalm 21:9

Your hand will find all your enemies; your right hand will find your foes!

Psalm 27:2

When evildoers come at me to devour my flesh, These my enemies and foes themselves stumble and fall.

Psalm 31:9

You will not abandon me into enemy hands, but will set my feet in a free and open space.

Psalm 35:25

Do not let them say in their hearts, “Aha! Our soul!” Do not let them say, “We have devoured that one!”

Psalm 58:1

For the leader. Do not destroy. A miktam of David.

Psalm 59:1

For the director. Do not destroy. A miktam of David, when Saul sent people to watch his house and kill him.

Psalm 59:10

My strength, for you I watch; you, God, are my fortress,

Psalm 60:1

For the leader; according to “The Lily of.…” A miktam of David (for teaching),

Proverbs 1:12

Let us swallow them alive, like Sheol, whole, like those who go down to the pit!

Lamentations 2:16

They open their mouths against you, all your enemies; They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have devoured her! How we have waited for this day— we have lived to see it!”

Lamentations 2:2

The Lord has devoured without pity all of Jacob’s dwellings; In his fury he has razed daughter Judah’s defenses, Has brought to the ground in dishonor a kingdom and its princes.

Lamentations 2:5

The Lord has become the enemy, he has devoured Israel: Devoured all its strongholds, destroyed its defenses, Multiplied moaning and groaning throughout daughter Judah.

Hosea 8:8

Israel is swallowed up; now they are among the nations, like a useless vessel.

1 Corinthians 15:54

And when this which is corruptible clothes itself with incorruptibility and this which is mortal clothes itself with immortality, then the word that is written shall come about: “Death is swallowed up in victory.

1 Samuel 29:4

But the Philistine commanders were angered at this and said to him: “Send that man back! Let him return to the place you picked out for him. He must not go down into battle with us; during the battle he might become our enemy. For how else can he win back his master’s favor, if not at the expense of our soldiers?