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Psalm 56:9
Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this: that God is for me.
7Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, God.
8You count my wanderings. You put my tears into your container. Aren’t they in your book?
9Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this: that God is for me.
10In God, I will praise his word. In the LORD, I will praise his word.
11I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
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Enemies turning back are still an expectation here; the speaker’s certainty rests in “God is for me” while the threat remains.
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Psalm 124:1A Song of Ascents. By David. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, let Israel now say,Both speak of God being on the speaker’s side, with Psalm 124 extending that confession to Israel.
Psalm 118:6The LORD is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?Both ground confidence amid human threats in the assurance that God is on the speaker’s side.
Romans 8:31What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?Both use the words “God is for” to express confidence in the face of opposition.
Exodus 17:11When Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed. When he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.Both concern enemies losing ground, though Exodus describes the course of battle and Psalm 56 expresses confidence in prayer.
Psalm 118:11–13They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. In the LORD’s name I indeed cut them off.Both describe enemies being overcome and connect that outcome with turning to the LORD.
Isaiah 8:9–10Make an uproar, you peoples, and be broken in pieces! Listen, all you from far countries: dress for battle, and be shattered! Dress for battle, and be …Both describe opponents facing defeat, though Isaiah depicts peoples shattered in battle while Psalm 56 anticipates enemies turning back.
Psalm 102:2Don’t hide your face from me in the day of my distress. Turn your ear to me. Answer me quickly in the day when I call.Both connect calling on God with a particular day of need, one expecting retreat and the other pleading for an answer.
Jeremiah 33:3‘Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great and difficult things, which you don’t know.’Both connect calling to God with an expected response, though Jeremiah promises revelation and Psalm 56 anticipates enemies retreating.
John 18:6When therefore he said to them, “I am he,” they went backward and fell to the ground.The shared detail is backward movement: Psalm 56 anticipates enemies turning back, while John describes people falling backward when Jesus speaks.
2 Timothy 1:12For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I …Both express settled knowledge of God amid trouble, joining personal trust with confidence in his help.
2 Samuel 22:18He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.Both speak of rescue from enemies, with Psalm 56 expecting their retreat and David’s song recalling deliverance from stronger foes.
Exodus 17:9–11Moses said to Joshua, “Choose men for us, and go out to fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with God’s rod in my hand.”Both concern facing enemies with reference to God: Psalm 56 names his support, while Moses plans to stand with God’s rod.
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The tears in the preceding line have not vanished. Confidence in God can be spoken through them: the speaker expects help because God is for him.
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