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1 Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.

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

3 When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.

4 In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?

5 All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.

6 They conspire and lurk, watching my steps, they are eager to take my life.

7 Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, God.

8 You number my wanderings. You put my tears into your bottle. Aren’t they in your book?

9 Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this, that God is for me.

10 In God, I will praise his word. In Yahweh, I will praise his word.

11 I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

12 Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you.

13 For you have delivered my soul from death, and prevented my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living.

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Hebrew interlinear — Psalms 56:1–13 (105 words)
1
  1. חָנֵּ֣נִיḥonnēnîchanan: (properly) to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferiorH2603
  2. אֱ֭לֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmelohiym: gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the...H430
  3. כִּֽיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  4. שְׁאָפַ֣נִיšĕʾāpanîsha'aph: to inhale eagerly; (figuratively) to coverH7602
  5. אֱנ֑וֹשׁʾĕnôšenowsh: (properly) a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified H0120)H582
  6. כָּלkālkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
  7. הַ֝יּ֗וֹםhayyômyowm: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or...H3117
  8. לֹחֵ֥םlōḥēmlacham: to feed on; (figuratively) to consumeH3898
  9. יִלְחָצֵֽנִי׃yilḥāṣēnîlachats: (properly) to press, i.e. (figuratively) to distressH3905
2
  1. שָׁאֲפ֣וּšāʾăpûsha'aph: to inhale eagerly; (figuratively) to coverH7602
  2. שׁ֭וֹרְרַיšôrĕraysharar: to be hostile (only active participle an opponent)H8324
  3. כָּלkālkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
  4. הַיּ֑וֹםhayyômyowm: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or...H3117
  5. כִּֽיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  6. רַבִּ֨יםrabbîmrab: abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)H7227
  7. לֹחֲמִ֖יםlōḥămîmlacham: to feed on; (figuratively) to consumeH3898
  8. לִ֣יlî
  9. מָרֽוֹם׃mārômmarowm: altitude; (concretely) an elevated placeH4791
3
  1. י֥וֹםyômyowm: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or...H3117
  2. אִירָ֑אʾîrāʾyare': to fear; morally, to revereH3372
  3. אֲ֝נִ֗יʾănîaniy: IH589
  4. אֵלֶ֥יךָʾēlêkāel: (properly) denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or amongH413
  5. אֶבְטָֽח׃ʾebṭāḥbatach: (properly) to hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as H2620)H982
4
  1. בֵּאלֹהִים֮bēʾlōhîmelohiym: gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the...H430
  2. אֲהַלֵּ֪לʾăhallēlhalal: to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color)H1984
  3. דְּבָ֫ר֥וֹdĕbārôdabar: a word; (by implication) a matter (as spoken of) or thingH1697
  4. בֵּאלֹהִ֣יםbēʾlōhîmelohiym: gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the...H430
  5. בָּ֭טַחְתִּיbāṭaḥtîbatach: (properly) to hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as H2620)H982
  6. לֹ֣אlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  7. אִירָ֑אʾîrāʾyare': to fear; morally, to revereH3372
  8. מַהmamah: (properly, interrogative) what? (including how? why? when?)H4100
  9. יַּעֲשֶׂ֖הyaʿăśe`asah: to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)H6213
  10. בָשָׂ֣רbāśārbasar: flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, personH1320
5
  1. כָּלkālkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
  2. הַ֭יּוֹםhayyômyowm: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or...H3117
  3. דְּבָרַ֣יdĕbāraydabar: a word; (by implication) a matter (as spoken of) or thingH1697
  4. יְעַצֵּ֑בוּyĕʿaṣṣēbû`atsab: (properly) to carve, i.e. fabricate or fashionH6087
  5. עָלַ֖יʿālay`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  6. כָּלkālkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
  7. מַחְשְׁבֹתָ֣םmaḥšĕbōtāmmachashabah: a contrivance; (concretely) a texture, machineH4284
  8. לָרָֽע׃lārāʿra`: bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)H7451
6
  1. יָג֤וּרוּ׀yāgûrûguwr: (properly) to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose)H1481
  2. יִצְפּ֗יֹנוּyiṣpyōnûtsaphan: to hide (by covering over); (by implication) to hoard or reserveH6845
  3. הֵ֭מָּהhēmmâhem: they (only used when emphatic)H1992
  4. עֲקֵבַ֣יʿăqēbay`aqeb: a heel (as protuberant); (hence) a trackH6119
  5. יִשְׁמֹ֑רוּyišmōrûshamar: (properly) to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guardH8104
  6. כַּ֝אֲשֶׁ֗רkaʾăšeraher: who, which, what, that; (as adverb) when, where, howH834
  7. קִוּ֥וּqiwwûqavah: to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collectH6960
  8. נַפְשִֽׁי׃napšînephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
7
  1. עַלʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  2. אָ֥וֶןʾāwenaven: (strictly) nothingness; (also) trouble, vanity, wickednessH205
  3. פַּלֶּטpalleṭpallet: escapeH6405
  4. לָ֑מוֹlāmôlmow: to or forH3926
  5. בְּ֝אַ֗ףbĕʾapaph: (properly) the nose or nostril; (hence) the face, and occasionally a personH639
  6. עַמִּ֤ים׀ʿammîm`am: a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel)H5971
  7. הוֹרֵ֬דhôrēdyarad: to descend; (literally) to go downwardsH3381
  8. אֱלֹהִֽים׃ʾĕlōhîmelohiym: gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the...H430
8
  1. נֹדִי֮nōdiynowd: exileH5112
  2. סָפַ֪רְתָּ֫הsāpartâcaphar: (properly) to score with a mark as a tally or recordH5608
  3. אָ֥תָּהʾāttâattah: thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youH859
  4. שִׂ֣ימָהśîmâsuwm: to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)H7760
  5. דִמְעָתִ֣יdimʿātîdim`ah: weepingH1832
  6. בְנֹאדֶ֑ךָbĕnōʾdekāno'd: a (skin or leather) bag (for fluids)H4997
  7. הֲ֝לֹ֗אhălōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  8. בְּסִפְרָתֶֽךָ׃bĕsiprātekācepher: (properly) writing (the art or a document)H5612
9
  1. אָ֨זʾāzaz: at that time or place; (as a conjunction) thereforeH227
  2. יָ֘שׁ֤וּבוּyāšûbûshuwb: to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the...H7725
  3. אוֹיְבַ֣יʾôybayoyeb: hating; an adversaryH341
  4. אָ֭חוֹרʾāḥôrachowr: the hinder part; (hence, adverbly) behind, backwardH268
  5. בְּי֣וֹםbĕyômyowm: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or...H3117
  6. אֶקְרָ֑אʾeqrāʾqara': to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)H7121
  7. זֶהzezeh: the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or thatH2088
  8. יָ֝דַ֗עְתִּיyādaʿtîyada`: to know; (properly) to ascertain by seeingH3045
  9. כִּֽיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  10. אֱלֹהִ֥יםʾĕlōhîmelohiym: gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the...H430
10
  1. בֵּֽ֭אלֹהִיםbēʾlōhîmelohiym: gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the...H430
  2. אֲהַלֵּ֣לʾăhallēlhalal: to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color)H1984
  3. דָּבָ֑רdābārdabar: a word; (by implication) a matter (as spoken of) or thingH1697
  4. בַּ֝יהוָ֗הbayhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  5. אֲהַלֵּ֥לʾăhallēlhalal: to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color)H1984
  6. דָּבָֽר׃dābārdabar: a word; (by implication) a matter (as spoken of) or thingH1697
11
  1. בֵּֽאלֹהִ֣יםbēʾlōhîmelohiym: gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the...H430
  2. בָּ֭טַחְתִּיbāṭaḥtîbatach: (properly) to hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as H2620)H982
  3. לֹ֣אlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  4. אִירָ֑אʾîrāʾyare': to fear; morally, to revereH3372
  5. מַהmamah: (properly, interrogative) what? (including how? why? when?)H4100
  6. יַּעֲשֶׂ֖הyaʿăśe`asah: to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)H6213
  7. אָדָ֣םʾādāmadam: ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)H120
12
  1. עָלַ֣יʿālay`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  2. אֱלֹהִ֣יםʾĕlōhîmelohiym: gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the...H430
  3. נְדָרֶ֑יךָnĕdārêkāneder: a promise (to God); (concretely) a thing promisedH5088
  4. אֲשַׁלֵּ֖םʾăšallēmshalam: to be safe (in mind, body or estate); (figuratively) to be completedH7999
  5. תּוֹדֹ֣תtôdōttowdah: (properly) an extension of the hand; (by implication) avowal, or (usually) adorationH8426
13
  1. כִּ֤יkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  2. הִצַּ֪לְתָּhiṣṣaltānatsal: to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad senseH5337
  3. נַפְשִׁ֡יnapšînephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
  4. מִמָּוֶת֮mimmāwetmaveth: death (natural or violent); (concretely) the dead, their place or state (hades)H4194
  5. הֲלֹ֥אhălōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  6. רַגְלַ֗יraglayregel: a foot (as used in walking); (by implication) a stepH7272
  7. מִ֫דֶּ֥חִיmiddeḥîdchiy: a push; (by implication) a fallH1762
  8. לְ֭הִֽתְהַלֵּךְlĕhitĕhallēkhalak: a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)H1980
  9. לִפְנֵ֣יlipnêpaniym: the face (as the part that turns); (with prepositional prefix, as a preposition) before, etc.H6440
  10. אֱלֹהִ֑יםʾĕlōhîmelohiym: gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the...H430
  11. בְּ֝א֗וֹרbĕʾôrowr: illumination; (concretely) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)H216
  12. הַֽחַיִּֽים׃haḥayyîmchay: alive; (hence) raw (flesh)H2416

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Strong's words in Psalms 56 (6)
Strong's H430 — אֱ֭לֹהִים (ʾĕlōhîm)
elohiym (el-o-heem') n-m. 1. gods in the ordinary sense 2. but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God 3. occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates 4. and sometimes as a superlative [plural of H433] KJV: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty. Root(s): H433. Appears 9 times in Psalms 56.
Strong's H3117 — הַ֝יּ֗וֹם (hayyôm)
yowm (yome) n-m. 1. 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) [from an unused root meaning to be hot] KJV: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.. Appears 5 times in Psalms 56.
Strong's H1697 — דְּבָ֫ר֥וֹ (dĕbārô)
dabar (daw-baw') n-m. 1. a word 2. (by implication) a matter (as spoken of) or thing 3. (adverbially) a cause [from H1696] KJV: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, busin. Appears 4 times in Psalms 56.
Strong's H3605 — כָּל (kāl)
kol (kole) (or (Jer. 33) n-m. 1. (properly) the whole 2. (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) [from H3634] KJV: (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-)thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever). Root(s): H3634. Appears 4 times in Psalms 56.
Strong's H1984 — אֲהַלֵּ֪ל (ʾăhallēl)
halal (haw-lal') v. 1. to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color) 2. to shine 3. (hence) to make a show, to boast 4. and thus to be (clamorously) foolish 5. to rave 6. causatively, to celebrate 7. also to stultify [a primitive root] KJV: (make) boast (self), celebrate, commend, (deal, make), fool(- ish, -ly), glory, give (light), be (make, feign self) mad (against), give in marriage, (sing, be worthy of) praise, rage, renowned, shine.. Appears 3 times in Psalms 56.
Strong's H3372 — אִירָ֑א (ʾîrāʾ)
yare' (yaw-ray') v. 1. to fear 2. morally, to revere 3. caus. to frighten [a primitive root] KJV: affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), X see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).. Appears 3 times in Psalms 56.

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