Psalms 56:1
To 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."
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- 1 Samuel 29:4
"And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of these men?"
Read in chapter → - Psalms 31:9
"Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 59:1
"Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 16:1
"Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 69:13
"But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 60:1
"O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 143:12
"And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant."
Read in chapter → - 1 Corinthians 15:54
"So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory."
Read in chapter → - Psalms 27:2
"When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell."
Read in chapter → - 1 Samuel 21:11
"And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?"
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