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30 But (A)if Yahweh creates an entirely new thing and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that is theirs, and they (B)go down to Sheol alive, then you will know that these men have spurned Yahweh.”

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30 But if the Lord brings about something totally new, and the earth opens its mouth(A) and swallows them, with everything that belongs to them, and they go down alive into the realm of the dead,(B) then you will know that these men have treated the Lord with contempt.(C)

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30 But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.

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25 Do not let them say in their heart, “(A)Aha, our desire!”
Do not let them say, “We have (B)swallowed him up!”

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25 Do not let them think, “Aha,(A) just what we wanted!”
    or say, “We have swallowed him up.”(B)

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25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

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In God I Trust, I Shall Not Be Afraid

For the choir director. According to [a]Jonath Elem Rehokim. A [b]Mikhtam of David. [c]When the Philistines seized him in Gath.

56 Be gracious to me, O God, for man has [d](A)trampled upon me;
All day long, an attacker (B)oppresses me.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 56 Title Or The silent dove of those who are far off, The dove of the distant terebinths
  2. Psalm 56 Title Possibly Epigrammatic Poem, Atonement Psalm
  3. Psalm 56 Title 1 Sam 21:10, 11
  4. Psalm 56:1 Or snapped at

Psalm 56[a]

For the director of music. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” Of David. A miktam.[b] When the Philistines had seized him in Gath.

Be merciful to me,(A) my God,
    for my enemies are in hot pursuit;(B)
    all day long they press their attack.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 56:1 In Hebrew texts 56:1-13 is numbered 56:2-14.
  2. Psalm 56:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term

56 Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.

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He will (A)send from heaven and save me;
He reproaches him who [a](B)tramples upon me. [b]Selah.
God will send His (C)lovingkindness and His [c]truth.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 57:3 Or snaps at
  2. Psalm 57:3 Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude
  3. Psalm 57:3 Or faithfulness

He sends from heaven and saves me,(A)
    rebuking those who hotly pursue me—[a](B)
    God sends forth his love and his faithfulness.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 57:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 6.

He 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.

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12 Let us (A)swallow them alive like Sheol,
And whole, as those who (B)go down to the pit;

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12 let’s swallow(A) them alive, like the grave,
    and whole, like those who go down to the pit;(B)

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12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

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