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Psalms 56:2

Psalms 56:2 is verse 2 of Psalms chapter 56, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

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

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King James Version

Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.

World English Bible

My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me.

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Psalms 56:1–4 · 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.

4 In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Psalms 54:5

He will reward my enemies with evil. In Your faithfulness, destroy them.

Psalms 3:1

O LORD, how my foes have increased! How many rise up against me!

Psalms 118:10

All the nations surrounded me, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

Psalms 118:11

They surrounded me on every side, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

Psalms 118:12

They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

Acts 4:25

You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

Acts 4:26

The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.’

Acts 4:27

In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.

Revelation 16:14

These are demonic spirits that perform signs and go out to all the kings of the earth, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty.

Psalms 9:2

I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.

Psalms 91:1

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

Psalms 92:1

It is good to praise the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High,

Psalms 92:8

But You, O LORD, are exalted forever!

Psalms 93:4

Above the roar of many waters— the mighty breakers of the sea— the LORD on high is majestic.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.

Daniel 5:18

As for you, O king, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar sovereignty and greatness, glory and honor.

Micah 6:6

With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?

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