NET Bible
"For the music director; according to the yonath-elem-rekhoqim style; a prayer of David, written when the Philistines captured him in Gath. Have mercy on me, O God, for men are attacking me! All day long hostile enemies are tormenting me."
— Psalms 56:1, NET Bible
“Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.”
“ Be merciful unto me, O God; for man would swallow me up: All the day long he fighting oppresseth me. ”
“Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.”
“Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an inscription of a title, when he fled from Saul into the cave.”
“ Have mercy on me, O God, for man is attempting my destruction; every day he makes cruel attacks against me.”
“Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.”
For the music director; according to the yonath-elem-rekhoqim style; a prayer of David, written when the Philistines captured him in Gath. Have mercy on me, O God, for men are attacking me! All day long hostile enemies are tormenting me.
Those who anticipate my defeat attack me all day long. Indeed, many are fighting against me, O Exalted One.
When I am afraid, I trust in you.
In God– I boast in his promise– in God I trust, I am not afraid. What can mere men do to me?