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Psalms 56

Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.

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1To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.

2Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.

3What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

4In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.

5Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.

6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.

7Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.

8Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?

9When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.

10In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word.

11In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.

12Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.

13For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

Words in this chapter

Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.

  • אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH4309× in this chapter

    gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative

  • יוֹםyôwmH31175× in this chapter

    a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

  • דָּבָרdâbârH16974× in this chapter

    a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

  • כִּיkîyH35884× in this chapter

    (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

  • כֹּלkôlH36054× in this chapter

    properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

  • לֹאlôʼH38084× in this chapter

    not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

  • עַלʻalH59214× in this chapter

    above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

  • הָלַלhâlalH19843× in this chapter

    to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make ashow, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify

  • יוֹנַת אֵלֶם רְחֹקִיםyôwnath ʼêlem rᵉchôqîymH31283× in this chapter

    dove of (the) silence (i.e. dumb Israel) of (i.e. among) distances (i.e. strangers); the title of a ditty (used for a name of its melody)

  • יָרֵאyârêʼH33723× in this chapter

    to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten

  • בָּטַחbâṭachH9823× in this chapter

    figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure

  • לָחַםlâchamH38982× in this chapter

    to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)

  • מָהmâhH41002× in this chapter

    properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses

  • נֶפֶשׁnepheshH53152× in this chapter

    properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

  • עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62132× in this chapter

    to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

  • שָׁאַףshâʼaphH76022× in this chapter

    to inhale eagerly; figuratively, to cover; by implication, to be angry; also to hasten

  • אָדָםʼâdâmH1201× in this chapter

    ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)

  • בָּשָׂרbâsârH13201× in this chapter

    flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman

  • גּוּרgûwrH14811× in this chapter

    properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather forhostility (as afraid)

  • גַּתGathH16611× in this chapter

    Gath, a Philistine city

  • דָּוִדDâvidH17321× in this chapter

    David, the youngest son of Jesse

  • דְּחִיdᵉchîyH17621× in this chapter

    a push, i.e. (by implication) a fall

  • דִּמְעָהdimʻâhH18321× in this chapter

    weeping

  • הָלַךְhâlakH19801× in this chapter

    to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

  • הֵםhêmH19921× in this chapter

    they (only used when emphatic)

  • אָוֶןʼâvenH2051× in this chapter

    strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol

  • זֶהzehH20881× in this chapter

    the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

  • אוֹרʼôwrH2161× in this chapter

    illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)

  • אָזʼâzH2271× in this chapter

    at that time or place; also as a conjunction, therefore

  • חַיchayH24161× in this chapter

    alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively

  • חָנַןchânanH26031× in this chapter

    properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)

  • אָחוֹרʼâchôwrH2681× in this chapter

    the hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the West

  • אָחַזʼâchazH2701× in this chapter

    to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)

  • יָדַעyâdaʻH30451× in this chapter

    to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)

  • יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30681× in this chapter

    Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

  • יָרַדyâradH33811× in this chapter

    to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)

  • אֹיֵבʼôyêbH3411× in this chapter

    hating; an adversary

  • אַיִןʼayinH3691× in this chapter

    a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle

  • לָחַץlâchatsH39051× in this chapter

    properly, to press, i.e. (figuratively) to distress

  • אֵלʼêlH4131× in this chapter

    near, with or among; often in general, to

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