Verse
KJV
King James Version
ASV
American Standard Version
Be merciful unto me, O God :
for man would swallow me up ;
he fighting daily
oppresseth me.
Be merciful unto me, O God ;
for man would swallow me up :
All
the
day
long
he fighting oppresseth me.
Mine enemies would daily
swallow me up :
for they be
many that fight against me ,
O
thou
most
High
.
Mine enemies would swallow me up all
the
day
long;
For they are
many that fight proudly
against me.
What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
What time I am afraid, I will put
my
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 .
In God (
I will praise his word )
, In God have I
put my trust ,
I will not be
afraid;
What can flesh
do unto me ?
Every
day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
All
the
day long
they wrest my words: All their thoughts are against me for evil.
They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when
they wait
for my soul.
They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even
as
they have
waited
for my soul.
Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine
anger cast down the people
, O God.
Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples
, O God.
Thou tellest
my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle :
are they not in thy book?
Thou numberest
my wanderings: Put thou my tears into thy bottle ;
Are they not in thy book?
When
I
cry
unto
thee,
then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know ;
for
God is for me.
Then shall mine enemies turn back in
the
day
that
I
call
: This I know ,
that
God is for me.
In God will
I praise his word :
in the
LORD
will
I praise his word .
In God (
I will
praise `
his '
word ),
In Jehovah
(
I will
praise `
his '
word ),
In God have I put my trust :
I will not be afraid what man
can do unto me .
In God have I put my trust ,
I will not be afraid ;
What can man
do unto me ?
Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises
unto thee.
Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render thank-offerings
unto thee.
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?
For thou hast delivered my soul from death: `Hast
thou '
not
`delivered'
my feet from falling, That I may walk before God In the light of the living? Psalm
57
For
the
Chief
Musician;
`set
to'
Al-tash-heth.
`A
Psalm'
of
David.
Michtam;
when
he
fled
from
Saul,
in
the
cave.
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