Psalm 56:1
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me."
Word-by-Word Analysis
חָנַן
chânan
properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym
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...
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
לָחַם
lâcham
to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)
יוֹם
yôwm
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 asso...
עָשַׁק
ʻâshaq
to press upon, i.e. oppress, defraud, violate, overflow
Key Terms in This Verse
לָחַם lâcham
to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)
Study H3898 →עָשַׁק ʻâshaq
to press upon, i.e. oppress, defraud, violate, overflow
Study H6231 →חָנַן chânan
properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
Study H2603 →יוֹם yôwm
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)
Study H3117 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
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 supe...
Study H430 →Cross References
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 ...
Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.
And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.
When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
The LORD was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever:
But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever.
The LORD hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he ha...
Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
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.
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.
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