Psalms 56 - Compare Translations
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Psalms 56:1
KJVBe merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
WEBBe merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up.
YLTTo the Overseer. -- `On the Dumb Dove far off.' -- A secret treasure of David, in the Philistines' taking hold of him in Gath. Favour me, O God, for man swallowed me up, All the day fighting he oppresseth me,
Psalms 56:2
KJVMine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.
WEBMy enemies want to swallow me up all day long,
YLTMine enemies have swallowed up all the day, For many [are] fighting against me, O most High,
Psalms 56:3
KJVWhat time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
WEBWhen I am afraid,
YLTThe day I am afraid I am confident toward Thee.
Psalms 56:4
KJVIn God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
WEBIn God, I praise his word.
YLTIn God I praise His word, in God I have trusted, I fear not what flesh doth to me.
Psalms 56:5
KJVEvery day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
WEBAll day long they twist my words.
YLTAll the day they wrest my words, Concerning me all their thoughts [are] for evil,
Psalms 56:6
KJVThey gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
WEBThey conspire and lurk,
YLTThey assemble, they hide, they watch my heels, When they have expected my soul.
Psalms 56:7
KJVShall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.
WEBShall they escape by iniquity?
YLTBy iniquity they escape, In anger the peoples put down, O God.
Psalms 56:8
KJVThou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
WEBYou count my wanderings.
YLTMy wandering Thou hast counted, Thou -- place Thou my tear in Thy bottle, Are they not in Thy book?
Psalms 56:9
KJVWhen I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.
WEBThen my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call.
YLTThen turn back do mine enemies in the day I call. This I have known, that God [is] for me.
Psalms 56:10
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Psalms 56:11
KJVIn God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
WEBI have put my trust in God.
YLTIn God I trusted, I fear not what man doth to me,
Psalms 56:12
KJVThy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
WEBYour vows are on me, God.
YLTOn me, O God, [are] Thy vows, I repay thank-offerings to Thee.
Psalms 56:13
KJVFor 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?
WEBFor you have delivered my soul from death,
YLTFor Thou hast delivered my soul from death, Dost Thou not my feet from falling? To walk habitually before God in the light of the living!
13 verses compared across 3 translations - KJV, WEB, YLT