Psalm 56:2
Strong's Lexicon
My enemies
שׁ֭וֹרְרַי (wr·ray)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8324: 1) (Qal) to be an enemy

pursue me
שָׁאֲפ֣וּ (šā·’ă·p̄ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 7602: 1) to gasp, pant, pant after, long for, breathe heavily 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to gasp, pant after, snuff up 1a2) to gasp or pant (with desire), pant after, be eager for 1a3) to thirst for one's blood (from actions of animals) (fig) 2) to crush, trample, trample upon 2a) (Qal) to trample upon, crush

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: 1) all, the whole 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything

day long,
הַיּ֑וֹם (hay·yō·wm)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3117: 1) day, time, year 1a) day (as opposed to night) 1b) day (24 hour period) 1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1 1b2) as a division of time 1b2a) a working day, a day's journey 1c) days, lifetime (pl.) 1d) time, period (general) 1e) year 1f) temporal references 1f1) today 1f2) yesterday 1f3) tomorrow

for
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since 1a) that 1a1) yea, indeed 1b) when (of time) 1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force) 1c) because, since (causal connection) 1d) but (after negative) 1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if 1f) but rather, but 1g) except that 1h) only, nevertheless 1i) surely 1j) that is 1k) but if 1l) for though 1m) forasmuch as, for therefore

many
רַבִּ֨ים (rab·bîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7227: adj 1) much, many, great 1a) much 1b) many 1c) abounding in 1d) more numerous than 1e) abundant, enough 1f) great 1g) strong 1h) greater than adv 1i) much, exceedingly n m 2) captain, chief

proudly
מָרֽוֹם׃ (mā·rō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4791: 1) height 1a) height, elevation, elevated place 1a1) in a high place (adv) 1b) height 1c) proudly (adv) 1d) of nobles (fig.)

assail
לֹחֲמִ֖ים (lō·ḥă·mîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3898: 1) to fight, do battle, make war 1a) (Qal) to fight, do battle 1b) (Niphal) to engage in battle, wage war 2) (Qal) to eat, use as food

me.
לִ֣י ()
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew :

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly assail me.

Young's Literal Translation
Mine enemies have swallowed up all the day, For many [are] fighting against me, O most High,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
My adversaries trample me all day, for many arrogantly fight against me.

New American Standard Bible
My foes have trampled upon me all day long, For they are many who fight proudly against me.

King James Bible
Mine enemies would daily swallow [me] up: for [they be] many that fight against me, O thou most High.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
My adversaries pursue me all day long; in their pride many are attacking me.

New Living Translation
I am constantly hounded by those who slander me, and many are boldly attacking me.

English Standard Version
my enemies trample on me all day long, for many attack me proudly.

New American Standard Bible
My foes have trampled upon me all day long, For they are many who fight proudly against me.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
My adversaries trample me all day, for many arrogantly fight against me.

International Standard Version
Those who watch me all day have harassed me, for there are many who fight against me out of conceit.

NET Bible
Those who anticipate my defeat attack me all day long. Indeed, many are fighting against me, O Exalted One.

American Standard Version
Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; For they are many that fight proudly against me.

English Revised Version
Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long: for they be many that fight proudly against me.

Young's Literal Translation
Mine enemies have swallowed up all the day, For many are fighting against me, O most High,
















Cross References
Psalm 35:1
Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.

Psalm 35:25
Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

Psalm 55:18
He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.

Psalm 57:3
He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.

Psalm 124:3
Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:

Isaiah 49:19
For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.

Lamentations 2:16
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.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 56:1
Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.

Psalm 55:23
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.

Psalm 55:22
Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
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