Verse 1

To the Overseer. -- `On the Dumb Dove far off.' -- A secret treasure of David, in the Philistines' taking hold of him in Gath. Favour me, O God, for man swallowed me up, All the day fighting he oppresseth me,

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 16:1 : 1 A Secret Treasure of David. Preserve me, O God, for I did trust in Thee.
  • Ps 57:1-3 : 1 To the Overseer. -- `Destroy not.' -- A secret treasure of David, in his fleeing from the face of Saul into a cave. Favour me, O God, favour me, For in Thee is my soul trusting, And in the shadow of Thy wings I trust, Until the calamities pass over. 2 I call to God Most High, To God `who' is perfecting for me. 3 He sendeth from the heaven, and saveth me, He reproached -- who is panting after me. Selah. God sendeth forth His kindness and His truth.
  • Ps 69:13-16 : 13 And I -- my prayer `is' to Thee, O Jehovah, A time of good pleasure, O God, In the abundance of Thy kindness, Answer me in the truth of Thy salvation. 14 Deliver me from the mire, and let me not sink, Let me be delivered from those hating me, And from deep places of waters. 15 Let not a flood of waters overflow me, Nor let the deep swallow me up, Nor let the pit shut her mouth upon me. 16 Answer me, O Jehovah, for good `is' Thy kindness, According to the abundance Of Thy mercies turn Thou unto me,
  • Ps 27:2 : 2 When evil doers come near to me to eat my flesh, My adversaries and mine enemies to me, They have stumbled and fallen.
  • Ps 31:9 : 9 Favour me, O Jehovah, for distress `is' to me, Mine eye, my soul, and my body Have become old by provocation.
  • Ps 35:25 : 25 They do not say in their heart, `Aha, our desire.' They do not say, `We swallowed him up.'
  • Ps 106:17 : 17 Earth openeth, and swalloweth up Dathan, And covereth over the company of Abiram.
  • Ps 124:3 : 3 Then alive they had swallowed us up, In the burning of their anger against us,
  • Ps 136:10 : 10 To Him smiting Egypt in their first-born, For to the age `is' His kindness.
  • Ps 136:15 : 15 And shook out Pharaoh and his force in the sea of Suph, For to the age `is' His kindness.
  • Ps 136:17-20 : 17 To Him smiting great kings, For to the age `is' His kindness. 18 Yea, He doth slay honourable kings, For to the age `is' His kindness. 19 Even Sihon king of the Amorite, For to the age `is' His kindness. 20 And Og king of Bashan, For to the age `is' His kindness.
  • Ps 143:12 : 12 And in Thy kindness cuttest off mine enemies, And hast destroyed all the adversaries of my soul, For I `am' Thy servant!
  • Prov 1:12 : 12 We swallow them as Sheol -- alive, And whole -- as those going down `to' the pit,
  • Lam 2:2 : 2 Swallowed up hath the Lord, He hath not pitied any of the pleasant places of Jacob, He hath broken down in His wrath The fortresses of the daughter of Judah, He hath caused to come to the earth, He polluted the kingdom and its princes.
  • Lam 2:5 : 5 The Lord hath been as an enemy, He hath swallowed up Israel, He hath swallowed up all her palaces, He hath destroyed His fortresses, And He multiplieth in the daughter of Judah Mourning and moaning.
  • Lam 2:16 : 16 Opened against thee their mouth have all thine enemies, They have hissed, yea, they gnash the teeth, They have said: `We have swallowed `her' up, Surely this `is' the day that we looked for, We have found -- we have seen.'
  • Hos 8:8 : 8 Israel hath been swallowed up, Now they have been among nations, As a vessel in which is no delight.
  • 1 Cor 15:54 : 54 and when this corruptible may have put on incorruption, and this mortal may have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the word that hath been written, `The Death was swallowed up -- to victory;
  • Ps 58:1 : 1 To the Overseer. -- `Destroy not.' -- A secret treasure, by David. Is it true, O dumb one, righteously ye speak? Uprightly ye judge, O sons of men?
  • Ps 59:1 : 1 To the Overseer. -- `Destroy not,' by David. -- A secret treasure, in Saul's sending, and they watch the house to put him to death. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God, From my withstanders set me on high.
  • Ps 59:10 : 10 God doth go before me, He causeth me to look on mine enemies.
  • Ps 60:1 : 1 To the Overseer. -- `Concerning the Lily of Testimony,' a secret treasure of David, to teach, in his striving with Aram-Naharaim, and with Aram-Zobah, and Joab turneth back and smiteth Edom in the valley of Salt -- twelve thousand. O God, Thou hadst cast us off, Thou hadst broken us -- hadst been angry! -- Thou dost turn back to us.
  • Ps 21:9 : 9 Thou makest them as a furnace of fire, At the time of Thy presence. Jehovah in His anger doth swallow them, And fire doth devour them.
  • 1 Sam 21:11-15 : 11 and the servants of Achish say unto him, `Is not this David king of the land? is it not of this one they sing in dances, saying, `Saul smote among his thousands, and David among his myriads?' 12 And David layeth these words in his heart, and is exceedingly afraid of the face of Achish king of Gath, 13 and changeth his behaviour before their eyes, and feigneth himself mad in their hand, and scribbleth on the doors of the gate, and letteth down his spittle unto his beard. 14 And Achish saith unto his servants, `Lo, ye see a man acting as a madman; why do ye bring him in unto me? 15 A lack of madmen `have' I, that ye have brought in this one to act as a madman by me! doth this one come in unto my house?'
  • 1 Sam 29:4 : 4 And the heads of the Philistines are wroth against him, and the heads of the Philistines say to him, `Send back the man, and he doth turn back unto his place whither thou hast appointed him, and doth not go down with us into battle, and is not to us for an adversary in battle; and wherewith doth this one reconcile himself unto his lord -- is it not with the heads of those men?'