30 But if the Lord creates (A)a new thing, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that belongs to them, and they (B)go down alive into the pit, then you will understand that these men have rejected the Lord.”

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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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Prayer for Relief from Tormentors

To the Chief Musician. Set to [a]“The Silent Dove in Distant Lands.” A Michtam of David when the (A)Philistines captured him in Gath.

56 Be (B)merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up;
Fighting all day he oppresses me.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 56:1 Heb. Jonath Elem Rechokim

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

My enemies would (A)hound me all day,
For there are many who fight against me, O Most High.

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My adversaries pursue me all day long;(A)
    in their pride many are attacking me.(B)

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(A)He shall send from heaven and save me;
He reproaches the one who [a]would swallow me up. Selah
God (B)shall send forth His mercy and His truth.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 57:3 snaps at or hounds me, or crushes me

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.

12 Let us swallow them alive like [a]Sheol,
And whole, (A)like those who go down to the Pit;

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  1. Proverbs 1:12 Or the grave

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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