Psalm 56:1 - American Standard Version 20151 {\b For the Chief Musician; set to Jonath elem rehokim. {\i A Psalm} of David. Michtam; when the Philistines took him in Gath.}\par\par\tab Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up:\par\tab All the day long he fighting oppresseth me. Féach an chaibidilTuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 17691 Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; He fighting daily oppresseth me. Féach an chaibidilAmplified Bible - Classic Edition1 BE MERCIFUL and gracious to me, O God, for man would trample me or devour me; all the day long the adversary oppresses me. Féach an chaibidilAmerican Standard Version (1901)1 Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: All the day long he fighting oppresseth me. Féach an chaibidilCommon English Bible1 God, have mercy on me because I’m being trampled. All day long the enemy oppresses me. Féach an chaibidilCatholic Public Domain Version1 Unto the end. May you not destroy. Of David, with the inscription of a title, when he fled from Saul into a cave. Féach an chaibidil |
{\b For the Chief Musician; set to Shushan Eduth. Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, and Joab returned, and smote of Edom in the Valley of Salt twelve thousand.}\par\par\tab O God thou hast cast us off, thou hast broken us down;\par\tab Thou hast been angry; oh restore us again.
But the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make the man return, that he may go back to his place where thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us: for wherewith should this fellow reconcile himself unto his lord? should it not be with the heads of these men?