Psalm 56:1

New English Translation

Have mercy on me, O God, for men are attacking me! All day long hostile enemies are tormenting me.

Cross References

Psalm 106:17

The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it engulfed the group led by Abiram.

Psalm 124:3

they would have swallowed us alive, when their anger raged against us.

Psalm 136:10

to the one who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, for his loyal love endures,

Psalm 136:15

and tossed Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea, for his loyal love endures,

Psalm 143:12

As a demonstration of your loyal love, destroy my enemies! Annihilate all who threaten my life, for I am your servant.

Psalm 16:1

Protect me, O God, for I have taken shelter in you.

Psalm 21:9

You burn them up like a fiery furnace when you appear; the Lord angrily devours them; the fire consumes them.

Psalm 27:2

When evil men attack me to devour my flesh, when my adversaries and enemies attack me, they stumble and fall.

Psalm 31:9

Have mercy on me, for I am in distress! My eyes grow dim from suffering. I have lost my strength.

Psalm 35:25

Do not let them say to themselves, “Aha! We have what we wanted!” Do not let them say, “We have devoured him!”

Psalm 58:1

Do you rulers really pronounce just decisions? Do you judge people fairly?

Psalm 59:1

Deliver me from my enemies, my God! Protect me from those who attack me!

Psalm 59:10

The God who loves me will help me; God will enable me to triumph over my enemies.

Psalm 60:1

O God, you have rejected us. You suddenly turned on us in your anger. Please restore us!

Proverbs 1:12

We will swallow them alive like Sheol, those full of vigor like those going down to the Pit.

Lamentations 2:16

All your enemies gloated over you. They sneered and gnashed their teeth; they said, “We have destroyed her! Ha! We have waited a long time for this day. We have lived to see it!” ע (Ayin)

Lamentations 2:2

The Lord destroyed mercilessly all the homes of Jacob’s descendants. In his anger he tore down the fortified cities of Daughter Judah. He knocked to the ground and humiliated the kingdom and its rulers. ג (Gimel)

Lamentations 2:5

The Lord, like an enemy, destroyed Israel. He destroyed all her palaces; he ruined her fortified cities. He made everyone in Daughter Judah mourn and lament. ו (Vav)

Hosea 8:8

Israel will be swallowed up among the nations; they will be like a worthless piece of pottery.

1 Corinthians 15:54

Now when this perishable puts on the imperishable, and this mortal puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will happen, “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”

1 Samuel 29:4

But the leaders of the Philistines became angry with him and said to him, “Send the man back! Let him return to the place that you assigned him! Don’t let him go down with us into the battle, for he might become our adversary in the battle. What better way to please his lord than with the heads of these men?