Psalms 56:1

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Psalms 56:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.

2 My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly assail me.

3 When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.

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Psalms 16:1

Preserve me, O God, for in You I take refuge.

Psalms 57:1

Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy, for in You my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of Your wings I will take shelter until the danger has passed.

Psalms 58:1

Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?

Psalms 59:1

Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise against me.

Psalms 60:1

You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us!

1 Samuel 21:11

But the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Did they not sing about him in their dances, saying: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”

1 Samuel 21:12

Now David took these words to heart and was very much afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

1 Samuel 21:13

So he changed his behavior before them and feigned madness in their hands; he scratched on the doors of the gate and let his saliva run down his beard.

1 Samuel 21:14

Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you can see that the man is insane! Why have you brought him to me?

1 Samuel 21:15

Am I in need of madmen, that you have brought this man to rave in my presence? Must this man come into my house?”

1 Samuel 29:4

But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with Achish and told him, “Send that man back and let him return to the place you assigned him. He must not go down with us into battle only to become our adversary during the war. What better way for him to regain the favor of his master than with the heads of our men?

Psalms 31:9

Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.

Psalms 57:2

I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills His purpose for me.

Psalms 57:3

He reaches down from heaven and saves me; He rebukes those who trample me. Selah God sends forth His loving devotion and His truth.

Psalms 59:10

My God of loving devotion will come to meet me; God will let me stare down my foes.

Psalms 69:13

But my prayer to You, O LORD, is for a time of favor. In Your abundant loving devotion, O God, answer me with Your sure salvation.

Psalms 69:14

Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of the deep waters.

Psalms 69:15

Do not let the floods engulf me or the depths swallow me up; let not the Pit close its mouth over me.

Psalms 69:16

Answer me, O LORD, for Your loving devotion is good; turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion.

Psalms 136:10

He struck down the firstborn of Egypt His loving devotion endures forever.

Psalms 136:15

but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea. His loving devotion endures forever.

Psalms 136:17

He struck down great kings His loving devotion endures forever.

Psalms 136:18

and slaughtered mighty kings— His loving devotion endures forever.

Psalms 136:19

Sihon king of the Amorites His loving devotion endures forever.

Psalms 136:20

and Og king of Bashan— His loving devotion endures forever.

Psalms 143:12

And in Your loving devotion, cut off my enemies. Destroy all who afflict me, for I am Your servant.

Psalms 21:9

You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.

Psalms 27:2

When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell.

Psalms 35:25

Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted!” Let them not say, “We have swallowed him up!”

Psalms 106:17

The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.

Psalms 124:3

when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,

Proverbs 1:12

let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.

Lamentations 2:2

Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In His wrath He has demolished the fortified cities of the Daughter of Judah. He brought to the ground and defiled her kingdom and its princes.

Lamentations 2:5

The Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for the Daughter of Judah.

Lamentations 2:16

All your enemies open their mouths against you. They hiss and gnash their teeth, saying, “We have swallowed her up. This is the day for which we have waited. We have lived to see it!”

Hosea 8:8

Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like a worthless vessel.

1 Corinthians 15:54

When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”