- 1[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.לַמְנַצֵּ֤חַ עַל י֬וֹנַת אֵ֣לֶם רְ֭חֹקִים לְדָוִ֣ד מִכְתָּ֑ם בֶּֽאֱחֹ֨ז אֹת֖וֹ פְלִשְׁתִּ֣ים בְּגַֽת
- 2Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.חָנֵּ֣נִי אֱ֭לֹהִים כִּֽי שְׁאָפַ֣נִי אֱנ֑וֹשׁ כָּל הַ֝יּ֗וֹם לֹחֵ֥ם יִלְחָצֵֽנִי
- 3What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.שָׁאֲפ֣וּ שׁ֭וֹרְרַי כָּל הַיּ֑וֹם כִּֽי רַבִּ֨ים לֹחֲמִ֖ים מָרֽוֹם
- 4In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.י֥וֹם אִירָ֑א אֲ֝נִ֗י אֵלֶ֥יךָ אֶבְטָֽח
- 5Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.בֵּאלֹהִים֮ אֲהַלֵּ֪ל דְּבָ֫ר֥וֹ בֵּאלֹהִ֣ים בָּ֭טַחְתִּי לֹ֣א אִירָ֑א מַה יַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה בָשָׂ֣ר
- 6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.כָּל הַ֭יּוֹם דְּבָרַ֣י יְעַצֵּ֑בוּ עָלַ֖י כָּל מַחְשְׁבֹתָ֣ם לָרָֽע
- 7Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.יָג֤וּרוּ יצפינו יִצְפּ֗וֹנוּ הֵ֭מָּה עֲקֵבַ֣י יִשְׁמֹ֑רוּ כַּ֝אֲשֶׁ֗ר קִוּ֥וּ נַפְשִֽׁי
- 8Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?עַל אָ֥וֶן פַּלֶּט בְּ֝אַ֗ף עַמִּ֤ים הוֹרֵ֬ד אֱלֹהִֽים
- 9When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.נֹדִי֮ סָפַ֪רְתָּ֫ה אָ֥תָּה שִׂ֣ימָה דִמְעָתִ֣י בְנֹאדֶ֑ךָ הֲ֝לֹ֗א בְּסִפְרָתֶֽךָ
- 10In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word.אָ֥֨ז יָ֘שׁ֤וּבוּ אוֹיְבַ֣י אָ֭חוֹר בְּי֣וֹם אֶקְרָ֑א זֶה יָ֝דַ֗עְתִּי כִּֽי אֱלֹהִ֥ים
- 11In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.בֵּֽ֭אלֹהִים אֲהַלֵּ֣ל דָּבָ֑ר בַּ֝יהוָ֗ה אֲהַלֵּ֥ל דָּבָֽר
- 12Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.בֵּֽאלֹהִ֣ים בָּ֭טַחְתִּי לֹ֣א אִירָ֑א מַה יַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה אָדָ֣ם
- 13For 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?עָלַ֣י אֱלֹהִ֣ים נְדָרֶ֑יךָ אֲשַׁלֵּ֖ם תּוֹדֹ֣ת
Psalm 56 KJV
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103 tagged Hebrew tokens62 distinct lexical entries13 of 13 verses source-tagged
אֱלֹהִיםH430
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
יוֹםH3117
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)
דָּבָרH1697
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
הָלַלH1984
to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make a show, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify
יָרֵאH3372
to fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten
כִּיH3588
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
בָּטַחH982
properly, to hie for refuge (but not so precipitately as H2620); figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure
לָחַםH3898
to feed on; by implication, to battle (as destruction)
מָהH4100
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses
עָשָׂהH6213
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Hebrew verse gematria
YHWSA calculates these totals directly from every consonant in the tagged Hebrew source line using the Carlo Suarès letter-number system; vowel points and cantillation marks do not add values. The totals are not reverse-mapped from English. A matching number is a comparison to investigate, not proof that two passages mean the same thing.
| Verse | Value | Workspace |
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| Psalm 56:1 | 5,687 | study verse |
| Psalm 56:2 | 3,099 | study verse |
| Psalm 56:3 | 4,150 | study verse |
| Psalm 56:4 | 1,450 | study verse |
| Psalm 56:5 | 3,178 | study verse |
| Psalm 56:6 | 2,875 | study verse |
| Psalm 56:7 | 2,574 | study verse |
| Psalm 56:8 | 3,310 | study verse |
| Psalm 56:9 | 3,929 | study verse |
| Psalm 56:10 | 2,678 | study verse |
| Psalm 56:11 | 1,220 | study verse |
| Psalm 56:12 | 2,355 | study verse |
| Psalm 56:13 | 3,261 | study verse |
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