Holy Scripture

Psalms 56:3

A church father on this verse
“"For many men that war against me, shall fear" [Psalm 56:3]. Shall fear when? When the day shall have passed away, wherein they are high. For for a time high they are, when the time of their height is finished they will fear. "But I in Thee will hope, O Lord." He saith not, "But I will not fear:" but, "Many men, that…”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — On the Psalms, Psalm 56

Source: Septuagint

Original

3I will cry to God most high; The God who has benefited me. Pause.

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In context

1For the end. Destroy not: by David, for a memorial, when he fled from the presence of Saul to the cave.

2Have mercy, upon me, O God, have mercy upon me: For my soul has trusted in thee: And in the shadow of thy wings will I hope, Until the iniquity have passed away.

— Psalms 56:3 —

4He sent from heaven and saved me; He gave to reproach them that trampled on me: God has sent forth his mercy and his truth;

5And he has delivered my soul from the midst of lions’ whelps: I lay down to sleep, though troubled. As for the sons of men, their teeth are arms and missile weapons, And their tongue a sharp sword.

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