Psalm 56:1

New International Version

Be merciful to me, my God, for my enemies are in hot pursuit; all day long they press their attack.

Cross References

1 Samuel 29:4

But the Philistine commanders were angry with Achish and said, “Send the man back, that he may return to the place you assigned him. He must not go with us into battle, or he will turn against us during the fighting. How better could he regain his master’s favor than by taking the heads of our own men?

Psalm 59:1

Deliver me from my enemies, O God; be my fortress against those who are attacking me.

Psalm 31:9

Be merciful to me, Lord, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and body with grief.

Psalm 16:1

Keep me safe, my God, for in you I take refuge.

Psalm 60:1

You have rejected us, God, and burst upon us; you have been angry—now restore us!

Psalm 27:2

When the wicked advance against me to devour me, it is my enemies and my foes who will stumble and fall.

1 Corinthians 15:54

When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”

Hosea 8:8

Israel is swallowed up; now she is among the nations like something no one wants.

Lamentations 2:16

All your enemies open their mouths wide against you; they scoff and gnash their teeth and say, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day we have waited for; we have lived to see it.”

Lamentations 2:5

The Lord is like an enemy; he has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for Daughter Judah.

Lamentations 2:2

Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob; in his wrath he has torn down the strongholds of Daughter Judah. He has brought her kingdom and its princes down to the ground in dishonor.

Proverbs 1:12

let’s swallow them alive, like the grave, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;

Psalm 143:12

In your unfailing love, silence my enemies; destroy all my foes, for I am your servant.

Psalm 136:15

but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea; His love endures forever.

Psalm 136:10

to him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt His love endures forever.

Psalm 124:3

they would have swallowed us alive when their anger flared against us;

Psalm 58:1

Do you rulers indeed speak justly? Do you judge people with equity?

Psalm 35:25

Do not let them think, “Aha, just what we wanted!” or say, “We have swallowed him up.”

Psalm 21:9

When you appear for battle, you will burn them up as in a blazing furnace. The Lord will swallow them up in his wrath, and his fire will consume them.

Psalm 106:17

The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it buried the company of Abiram.

Psalm 59:10

my God on whom I can rely. God will go before me and will let me gloat over those who slander me.