Psalm 56:1

Tree of Life Version

For the music director: “A Silent Dove Far Away,” a Michtam of David, when the Philistines had seized him in Gath.

Cross References

Psalm 106:17

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

Psalm 124:3

then they would have swallowed us alive, when their wrath burned against us.

Psalm 136:10

who struck Egypt in their firstborn, for His lovingkindness endures forever,

Psalm 136:15

but hurled Pharaoh and his army into the Sea of Reeds, for His lovingkindness endures forever,

Psalm 143:12

In Your mercy cut off my enemies and destroy all who harass my soul, for I am Your servant.

Psalm 16:1

A Michtam of David. Keep me safe, O God, for in You I have found shelter.

Psalm 21:9

Your hand will find all your enemies. Your right hand will overtake those who hate You.

Psalm 27:2

When evildoers approached me to devour my flesh —my adversaries and my foes— they stumbled and fell.

Psalm 31:9

You did not hand me over to the enemy. You set my feet in a wide-open place.

Psalm 35:25

Don’t let them say in their heart: “Aha! Just what we wanted!” Don’t let them say: “We swallowed him up!”

Psalm 58:1

For the music director: “Do Not Destroy,” a Michtam of David.

Psalm 59:1

For the music director: “Do Not Destroy,” a Michtam of David, when Saul sent men to watch the house to kill him.

Psalm 59:10

O my strength, I watch for You— for God is my strong tower.

Psalm 60:1

For the music director, on the “Lily of the Covenant,” a Michtam of David, for teaching,

Proverbs 1:12

Let’s swallow them alive like Sheol— still healthy, as they go down to the Pit!

Lamentations 2:16

All your enemies opened their mouth wide against you; they hissed and gnashed their teeth, and say, “We have swallowed her up! Surely this is the day we have waited for; we have lived to see it!”

Lamentations 2:2

My Lord has mercilessly swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. He threw down the strongholds of the daughter of Judah in His fury. He knocked to the ground and humiliated the kingdom and its princes.

Lamentations 2:5

My Lord is like an enemy. He has swallowed up Israel. He swallowed up all her citadels, destroyed her fortifications and multiplied mourning and moaning for the daughter of Judah.

Hosea 8:8

Israel has been swallowed up! Now they are among the nations, like an ornament with no delight in it.

1 Corinthians 15:54

But when this corruptible will have put on incorruptibility and this mortal will have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”

1 Samuel 29:4

But the Philistine commanders got angry with him, and the Philistine commanders said to him, “Make this man go back—back to his place you assigned him. He must not go down with us to the battle, or in the battle he might become our adversary. For how would this fellow appease his lord? Wouldn’t it be with the heads of our men?