The earth opened up, swallowed Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
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. 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. |
The earth opened up, swallowed Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
then they would have swallowed us alive, when their wrath burned against us.
who struck Egypt in their firstborn, for His lovingkindness endures forever,
but hurled Pharaoh and his army into the Sea of Reeds, for His lovingkindness endures forever,
In Your mercy cut off my enemies and destroy all who harass my soul, for I am Your servant.
A Michtam of David. Keep me safe, O God, for in You I have found shelter.
Your hand will find all your enemies. Your right hand will overtake those who hate You.
When evildoers approached me to devour my flesh —my adversaries and my foes— they stumbled and fell.
You did not hand me over to the enemy. You set my feet in a wide-open place.
Don’t let them say in their heart: “Aha! Just what we wanted!” Don’t let them say: “We swallowed him up!”
For the music director: “Do Not Destroy,” a Michtam of David, when Saul sent men to watch the house to kill him.
For the music director, on the “Lily of the Covenant,” a Michtam of David, for teaching,
Let’s swallow them alive like Sheol— still healthy, as they go down to the Pit!
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!”
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.
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.
Israel has been swallowed up! Now they are among the nations, like an ornament with no delight in it.
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.”
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?