King James Version
Psalms 56:2 in the King James Version says “Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High. enemies: Heb. observer...” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 56 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High. enemies: Heb. observers”
Psalms 56:2 · KJV
To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath. Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me. Michtam: or, A golden Psalm of David
Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High. enemies: Heb. observers
What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“swallow”
H7602to inhale eagerly; figuratively, to cover; by implication, to be angry; also to hasten
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“would daily”
H3117a 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
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“against me O thou most High”
H4791altitude, i.e., concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft)
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