What Does Psalms 56:1 Mean?

“Be merciful”

properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e., move to favor by petition)

“unto me O God”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“would swallow me up”

to inhale eagerly; figuratively, to cover; by implication, to be angry; also to hasten

“for man”

properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified h0120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“daily”

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 asso

“he fighting”

to feed on; figuratively, to consume

“oppresseth”

properly, to press, i.e., (figuratively) to distress