--- title: "Psalms 56 - Study King James Bible with cokes commentary on the holy bible" description: "Read Psalms 56 with cokes commentary on the holy bible commentary. 1 Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me. 2 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many tha" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/cokes-commentary-on-the-holy-bible/psalms/56" --- [ Read](/kjv/psalms/56)[ Commentary](/study/psalms/56)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/psalms/56) Audio 1 Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.* 2 Mine enemies would daily swallow *me* up: for *they be* many that fight against me, O thou most High.* 3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. 4 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. 5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts *are* against me for evil. 6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul. 7 Shall they escape by iniquity? in *thine* anger cast down the people, O God. 8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: *are they* not in thy book? 9 When I cry *unto thee*, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God *is* for me. 10 In God will I praise *his* word: in the LORD will I praise *his* word. 11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me. 12 Thy vows *are* upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee. 13 For 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? [Psalms 55](/study/psalms/55) [Psalms 57](/study/psalms/57) ## Commentary To verse 1 [Psalms 56:0](/kjv/psalms/56/0). *David, praying to God in confidence of his word, complaineth of his enemies: he professeth his confidence in God's word, and promiseth to praise him.* To the chief Musician upon Jonath-elem-rechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath. *Title.*רחקים אלם יונת על *al ionath eilem rechokiim. Upon Jonath-elem-rechokim*] *Upon the silent dove afar off.*Or, according to Bochart, "To the tune of *the dove in the remote woods."*Thus David might call himself, when, after many wanderings, he got into the forest of Hareth; where he had leisure to reflect upon what was past, and to compose this psalm. Fenwick would render it, "Concerning the oppression of the handful, or little flock afar off;" i.e. the little flock of true believers dispersed among the Gentiles. The psalm is well suited to the occasion on which the inscription says it was written, and which is related [1 Samuel 21:0](/kjv/1-samuel/21/0). David begins it by imploring the protection of God, on account of the many enemies waiting for his destruction; Psa 56:1-2 who wrested his words, and narrowly watched all his actions, that they might find some pretence to cut him off: Psa 56:5-6 but he encourages himself by trust in God, and rests assured that he will deliver him, and give him renewed occasions of acknowledging his faithfulness, and celebrating his praises. ***[Psalms 56:1](/kjv/psalms/56/1)*****.*****For man would swallow me up*****—** The word שׁאפני *sheaaphani,*rendered *swallow me up,*properly signifies to *breathe, to pant after,*to *draw,*or *snuff the air;*and from thence *hunt,*by drawing in and following the scent of the air. And as hunting ends in the capture and destruction of the prey, it further denotes to *swallow up*and *devour:*and it is rendered in our version by *panting, snuffing up, swallowing up,*and *devouring,*and other words of the like nature. 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