Psalm 56:1

New King James Version

Be merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up; Fighting all day he oppresses me.

Cross References

Psalm 106:17

The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan, And covered the faction of Abiram.

Psalm 124:3

Then they would have swallowed us alive, When their wrath was kindled against us;

Psalm 136:10

To Him who struck Egypt in their firstborn, For His mercy endures forever;

Psalm 136:15

But overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea, For His mercy endures forever;

Psalm 143:12

In Your mercy cut off my enemies, And destroy all those who afflict my soul; For I am Your servant.

Psalm 16:1

Preserve me, O God, for in You I put my trust.

Psalm 21:9

You shall make them as a fiery oven in the time of Your anger; The Lord shall swallow them up in His wrath, And the fire shall devour them.

Psalm 27:2

When the wicked came against me To eat up my flesh, My enemies and foes, They stumbled and fell.

Psalm 31:9

Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; My eye wastes away with grief, Yes, my soul and my body!

Psalm 35:25

Let them not say in their hearts, “Ah, so we would have it!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up.”

Psalm 58:1

Do you indeed speak righteousness, you silent ones? Do you judge uprightly, you sons of men?

Psalm 59:1

Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; Defend me from those who rise up against me.

Psalm 59:10

My God of mercy shall come to meet me; God shall let me see my desire on my enemies.

Psalm 60:1

O God, You have cast us off; You have broken us down; You have been displeased; Oh, restore us again!

Proverbs 1:12

Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, And whole, like those who go down to the Pit;

Lamentations 2:16

All your enemies have opened their mouth against you; They hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, “We have swallowed her up! Surely this is the day we have waited for; We have found it, we have seen it!”

Lamentations 2:2

The Lord has swallowed up and has not pitied All the dwelling places of Jacob. He has thrown down in His wrath The strongholds of the daughter of Judah; He has brought them down to the ground; He has profaned the kingdom and its princes.

Lamentations 2:5

The Lord was like an enemy. He has swallowed up Israel, He has swallowed up all her palaces; He has destroyed her strongholds, And has increased mourning and lamentation In the daughter of Judah.

Hosea 8:8

Israel is swallowed up; Now they are among the Gentiles Like a vessel in which is no pleasure.

1 Corinthians 15:54

So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”

1 Samuel 29:4

But the princes of the Philistines were angry with him; so the princes of the Philistines said to him, “Make this fellow return, that he may go back to the place which you have appointed for him, and do not let him go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become our adversary. For with what could he reconcile himself to his master, if not with the heads of these men?