KJV King James Version
When I cry [unto thee], then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God [is] for me.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Psalm 56:9
When I cry [unto thee], then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God [is] for me.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then my enemies will retreat on the day I cry for help. By this I will know that God is on my side.
WEB World English Bible
Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this, that God is for me.
ASV American Standard Version
Then shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call: This I know, that God is for me.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Then turn back do mine enemies in the day I call. This I have known, that God is for me.
Surrounding context — Psalm 56
6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
7 Shall they escape by iniquity? in [thine] anger cast down the people, O God.
8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: [are they] not in thy book?
9 When I cry [unto thee], then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God [is] for me.
10 In God will I praise [his] word: in the LORD will I praise [his] word.
11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
12 Thy vows [are] upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
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Cross-references
Romans 8:31What shall we then say to these things? If God [be] for us, who [can be] against us?Psalm 118:6The LORD [is] on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?Psalm 118:11-13They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.Psalm 102:2Hide not thy face from me in the day [when] I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day [when] I call answer me speedily.Psalm 46:11The LORD of hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is] our refuge. Selah.Isaiah 8:9-10Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.Jeremiah 33:3Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.Psalm 46:7The LORD of hosts [is] with us; the God of Jacob [is] our refuge. Selah.Psalm 9:3When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.John 18:6As soon then as he had said unto them, I am [he], they went backward, and fell to the ground.Psalm 27:2When the wicked, [even] mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.Psalm 18:38-42I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.Exodus 17:9-11And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.
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