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Psalm 56

Psa. 56:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Mine χenemies
sharar (Hebrew #8324)
to be hostile (only active participle an opponent)
KJV usage: enemy.
Pronounce: shaw-rar'
Origin: a primitive root
would daily
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
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 associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
swallow
sha'aph (Hebrew #7602)
to inhale eagerly; figuratively, to cover; by implication, to be angry; also to hasten
KJV usage: desire (earnestly), devour, haste, pant, snuff up, swallow up.
Pronounce: shaw-af'
Origin: a primitive root
me up: for they be many
rab (Hebrew #7227)
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
KJV usage: (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), ((ship-))master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
Pronounce: rab
Origin: by contracted from 7231
that fight
lacham (Hebrew #3898)
to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)
KJV usage: devour, eat, X ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).
Pronounce: law-kham'
Origin: a primitive root
against me, O thou most High
marowm (Hebrew #4791)
altitude, i.e. concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft)
KJV usage: (far) above, dignity, haughty, height, (most, on) high (one, place), loftily, upward.
Pronounce: maw-rome'
Origin: from 7311
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observers.

Cross References

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enemies.
Heb. observers.
Psa. 54:5• 5He will requite evil to mine enemies: in thy truth cut them off. (Psa. 54:5)
many.
Psa. 3:1• 1A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. Jehovah, how many are they that trouble me, many they that rise up against me! (Psa. 3:1)
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Psa. 118:10‑12• 10All nations encompassed me; but in the name of Jehovah have I destroyed them.
 11They encompassed me, yea, encompassed me; but in the name of Jehovah have I destroyed them.
 12They encompassed me like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of Jehovah have I destroyed them. (Psa. 118:10‑12)
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Acts 4:25‑27• 25who hast said by the mouth of thy servant David, Why have the nations raged haughtily and the peoples meditated vain things?
 26The kings of the earth were there, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against his Christ.
 27For in truth against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou hadst anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the nations, and peoples of Israel, have been gathered together in this city (Acts 4:25‑27)
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Rev. 16:14• 14for they are the spirits of demons, doing signs; which go out to the kings of the whole habitable world to gather them together to the war of that great day of God the Almighty. (Rev. 16:14)
most.
Psa. 9:2• 2I will be glad and rejoice in thee; I will sing forth thy name, O Most High. (Psa. 9:2)
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Psa. 91:1• 1He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. (Psa. 91:1)
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Psa. 92:1,8• 1A Psalm, a Song, for the Sabbath day. It is good to give thanks unto Jehovah, and to sing psalms unto thy name, O Most High;
 8And thou, Jehovah, art on high for evermore. (Psa. 92:1,8)
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Psa. 93:4• 4Jehovah on high is mightier than the voices of many waters, than the mighty breakers of the sea. (Psa. 93:4)
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Isa. 57:15• 15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, and whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, and with him that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. (Isa. 57:15)
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Dan. 5:18• 18O thou king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom, and greatness, and glory, and majesty; (Dan. 5:18)
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Mic. 6:6• 6Wherewith shall I come before Jehovah, bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves of a year old? (Mic. 6:6)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Mine enemies would swallow me upn all the day long; for they are many that fight against me haughtilyo.

JND Translation Notes

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Strictly, "pant after me," like a wild beast thirsting for blood; and so Ps. 57.3; Amos 8.4.
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Or "O Most High!" as Ps. 92.8.