So God punished those jealous people.\par The ground opened up\par and swallowed Dathan.\par Then the ground closed up\par and covered Abiram’s group.\par
Psalm 56:1 - Easy To Read Version God, people have attacked me,\par so be merciful to me.\par They have been constantly\par chasing me and fighting me.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; He fighting daily oppresseth me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition BE MERCIFUL and gracious to me, O God, for man would trample me or devour me; all the day long the adversary oppresses me. American Standard Version (1901) Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: All the day long he fighting oppresseth me. Common English Bible God, have mercy on me because I’m being trampled. All day long the enemy oppresses me. Catholic Public Domain Version Unto the end. May you not destroy. Of David, with the inscription of a title, when he fled from Saul into a cave. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an inscription of a title, when he fled from Saul into the cave. |
So God punished those jealous people.\par The ground opened up\par and swallowed Dathan.\par Then the ground closed up\par and covered Abiram’s group.\par
Our enemies would have swallowed us alive\par whenever they became angry at us.\par
God killed the firstborn men and animals\par in Egypt.\par His true love continues forever.\par
God drowned Pharaoh and his army\par in the Red Sea.\par His true love continues forever.\par
Lord, show me your love,\par and defeat my enemies\par who are trying to kill me.\par Why? Because I am your servant.\par
Lord, when you are with the king,\par he is like a hot oven \{that burns up everything in it\}.\par His anger burns like a hot fire,\par and he destroys his enemies.\par
Evil people might attack me.\par They might try to destroy my body.\par My enemies might try to attack\par and destroy me.\par
Lord, I have many troubles.\par So be kind to me.\par I am so upset that my eyes are hurting.\par My throat and stomach are aching.\par
Don’t let those people say,\par “Aha! We got what we wanted!”\par Lord, don’t let them say,\par “We destroyed him!”\par
You judges are not being fair\par in your decisions.\par You are not judging people fairly.\par
God, save me from my enemies.\par Help me defeat the people who\par have come to fight me.\par
God loves me, and he will help me win.\par He will help me defeat my enemies.\par
God, you were angry at us.\par You rejected us\par and destroyed us.\par Please make us whole again.\par
We will kill that person. We will send that person to the place of death. We will destroy that person and send him to the grave.
All your enemies laugh at you.\par They whistle and grind their teeth at you.\par They say,\par “We have swallowed them up!\par This is truly the day we were hoping for.\par We have finally seen this happen.”\par
The Lord destroyed the houses of Jacob. {\cf2\super [9]} \par He destroyed them without mercy.\par He destroyed in his anger\par the fortresses of the Daughter of Judah. {\cf2\super [10]} \par The Lord threw the kingdom of Judah\par and its rulers to the ground.\par He ruined the kingdom of Judah.\par
The Lord has become like an enemy.\par He has swallowed up Israel.\par He has swallowed up all her palaces.\par He has swallowed up all her fortresses.\par He has made much sadness\par and crying for the dead\par in the Daughter of Judah. {\cf2\super [12]} \par
Israel was destroyed.\par \{Its people are scattered among the\} nations\par like some dish that was thrown away\par because no one wanted it.\par
So this \{body\} that ruins will clothe itself with that which never ruins. And this body that dies will clothe itself with that which never dies. When this happens, then the Scriptures {\cf2\super [119]} will be made true:
But the Philistine captains were angry with Achish. They said, “Send David back! David must go back to the city you gave him. He can’t go with us into battle. {If he is here} we will have an enemy in our own camp. He would make his king happy by killing our men.