Psalms 56:2
“Mine enemies would dayly swallow me vp: for they bee many that fight against me, O thou most high.”
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Psalms 56:2 Context
1[To the chiefe musician vpon Ionath Elem Rechokim, Michtam of Dauid, when the Philistines tooke him in Gath.] Be mercifull vnto mee, O God, for man would swallow me vp: he fighting daily, oppresseth me. 2Mine enemies would dayly swallow me vp: for they bee many that fight against me, O thou most high. 3What time I am afraide, I will trust in thee. 4In God I will praise his worde, In God I haue put my trust, I will not feare what flesh can doe vnto me.
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Mine enemies would daily swallow [me] up: for [they be] many that fight against me, O thou most High.
- King James Version
My foes have trampled upon me all day long, For they are many who fight proudly against me.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; For they are many that fight proudly against me.
- American Standard Version (1901)
My haters are ever ready to put an end to me; great numbers are lifting themselves up against me.
- Basic English Bible
Mine enemies would swallow [me] up all the day long; for they are many that fight against me haughtily.
- Darby Bible
My enemies would daily swallow me up: for they are many that fight against me, O thou Most High.
- Webster's Bible
My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me.
- World English Bible
Mine enemies have swallowed up all the day, For many [are] fighting against me, O most High,
- Youngs Literal Bible
(56:3) They that lie in wait for me would swallow me up all the day; for they are many that fight against me, O Most High,
- Jewish Publication Society Bible