--- title: "Psalms 56 - Study King James Bible with treasury of scripture knowledge" description: "Read Psalms 56 with treasury of scripture knowledge 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/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/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 **Michtam:** or, a golden Psalm, [Psalms 16:1](/kjv/psalms/16/1), [Psalms 57:1](/kjv/psalms/57/1), [Psalms 58:1](/kjv/psalms/58/1), [Psalms 59:1](/kjv/psalms/59/1), [Psalms 60:1](/kjv/psalms/60/1), *titles **when:** [1 Samuel 21:11-15](/kjv/1-samuel/21/11-15), [1 Samuel 29:4](/kjv/1-samuel/29/4) **Be:** [Psalms 31:9](/kjv/psalms/31/9), [Psalms 57:1-3](/kjv/psalms/57/1-3), [Psalms 59:10](/kjv/psalms/59/10), [Psalms 69:13-16](/kjv/psalms/69/13-16), [Psalms 136:10](/kjv/psalms/136/10), [Psalms 136:15](/kjv/psalms/136/15), [Psalms 136:17-20](/kjv/psalms/136/17-20), [Psalms 143:12](/kjv/psalms/143/12) **swallow:** [Psalms 21:9](/kjv/psalms/21/9), [Psalms 27:2](/kjv/psalms/27/2), [Psalms 35:25](/kjv/psalms/35/25), [Psalms 57:3](/kjv/psalms/57/3), [Psalms 106:17](/kjv/psalms/106/17), [Psalms 124:3](/kjv/psalms/124/3), [Proverbs 1:12](/kjv/proverbs/1/12), [Lamentations 2:2](/kjv/lamentations/2/2), [Lamentations 2:5](/kjv/lamentations/2/5), [Lamentations 2:16](/kjv/lamentations/2/16), [Hosea 8:8](/kjv/hosea/8/8), [1 Corinthians 15:54](/kjv/1-corinthians/15/54) **Reciprocal:** [Job 35:9](/kjv/job/35/9) - they make [Psalms 4:1](/kjv/psalms/4/1) - have mercy upon me [Psalms 25:2](/kjv/psalms/25/2) - let not [Psalms 31:13](/kjv/psalms/31/13) - fear [Psalms 38:19](/kjv/psalms/38/19) - But [Psalms 86:3](/kjv/psalms/86/3) - Be merciful [Psalms 118:13](/kjv/psalms/118/13) - *General* [Psalms 119:134](/kjv/psalms/119/134) - *General* [Psalms 123:3](/kjv/psalms/123/3) - Have mercy [Psalms 138:7](/kjv/psalms/138/7) - thou shalt stretch [Isaiah 49:19](/kjv/isaiah/49/19) - they that [Jeremiah 18:19](/kjv/jeremiah/18/19) - Give [Amos 8:4](/kjv/amos/8/4) - swallow [Habakkuk 1:13](/kjv/habakkuk/1/13) - the wicked [2 Corinthians 2:7](/kjv/2-corinthians/2/7) - swallowed ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/psalms/56#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","width":672,"height":448,"caption":"Real Bible Believers"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/psalms/56#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/psalms/56","name":"Psalms 56 - Study King James Bible with treasury of scripture knowledge","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/psalms/56#primaryimage"},"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"Read Psalms 56 with treasury of scripture knowledge commentary. 1 Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; 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