Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.
Parallel translations
- WEB My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me.
- BSB My enemies pursue me all day long, for many proudly assail me.
- NKJV My enemies would hound me all day, For there are many who fight against me, O Most High.
- NASB My enemies have trampled upon me all day long, For they are many who fight proudly against me.
- NLT I am constantly hounded by those who slander me, and many are boldly attacking me.
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Quick answer
Many proud foes fight against David all day long. It deepens the picture of relentless, overwhelming opposition.
Overview
David describes enemies who continually seek to swallow him up, fighting with arrogance. The repeated 'all day long' stresses how unrelenting the pressure is. His honest naming of the threat prepares the way for his striking declaration of trust that follows.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 15
- Ps 118:10–12All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them.
- Ps 57:3He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
- Mic 6:6Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
- Acts 4:25–27Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?
- Ps 3:1Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.
- Ps 92:1IT IS A GOOD THING TO GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD, AND TO SING PRAISES UNTO THY NAME, O MOST HIGH:
- Ps 92:8But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.
- Ps 9:2I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
- Ps 35:1Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
- Ps 93:4The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
- Ps 54:5He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth.
- Ps 91:1He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
- Isa 57:15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
- Rev 16:14For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
- Dan 5:18O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:
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