Psalms 56 · Verse 9

Psalms 56:9

When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.
Psalms 56:9, King James Version

Psalms 56:9 in other translations

BSBThen my enemies will retreat on the day I cry for help. By this I will know that God is on my side.
WEBThen my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this: that God is for me.
ASVThen shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call: This I know, that God is for me.
YLTThen turn back do mine enemies in the day I call. This I have known, that God is for me.
DARBYThen shall mine enemies return backward in the day when I call: this I know, for God is for me.
BBEWhen I send up my cry to you, my haters will be turned back; I am certain of this, for God is with me.
WebsterWhen I cry to thee, then shall my enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.

What does Psalms 56:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. God is for me--or, "on my side" (Psa 118:6; 124:1, 2); hence he is sure of the repulse of his foes.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back - As soon as they know that I call upon thee, then, knowing that thou wilt hear and save, my enemies will immediately take flight. The cry of faith and prayer to God is more dreadful to our spiritual foes than the war-whoop of the Indian is to his surprised brother savages. This I know - I have often had experience of the Divine interposition; and I know it will be so now, for God is with me. He who has God With him need not fear the face of any adversary.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 56:8-13

The heavy and continued trials through which many of the Lord's people have passed, should teach us to be silent and patient under lighter crosses. Yet we are often tempted to repine and despond under small sorrows. For this we should check ourselves. David comforts himself, in his distress and fear, that God noticed all his grievances and all his griefs. God has a bottle and a book for his people's tears, both the…

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Psalms 56:9 in the original Hebrew

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אָ֥֨ז'azthenH227
יָ֘שׁ֤וּבוּya.Shu.vuthey will turn backH7725
אוֹיְבַ֣י'oy.Vaienemies myH341
אָ֭חוֹר'A.chorbackwardsH268
בְּי֣וֹםbe.Yomon [the] dayH3117
אֶקְרָ֑א'ek.Ra'[when] I will call outH7121
זֶה\־zeh-thisH2088
יָ֝דַ֗עְתִּיya.Da'.tiI knowH3045
כִּֽי\־ki-thatH3588
אֱלֹהִ֥ים'E.lo.HimGodH430
לִֽי\׃Li[is] for me

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Cross references for Psalms 56:9

  • Romans 8:31

    What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

  • Psalms 118:6

    The Lord is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?

  • Psalms 46:11

    The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

  • Psalms 118:11-13

    They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord I will destroy them. They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the Lord I will destroy them. Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the Lord helped me.

  • Psalms 102:2

    Hide 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.

  • Isaiah 8:9-10

    Associate 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. Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.

  • Psalms 46:7

    The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

  • Psalms 9:3

    When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.

  • Jeremiah 33:3

    Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

  • John 18:6

    As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.

  • Psalms 27:2

    When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

  • Psalms 18:38-42

    I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet. For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me. Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me. They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the Lord, but he answered them not. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
When.
118:11-13; Ex 17:9-11; Jer 33:3
then.
18:38-42; 27:2; Joh 18:6
for.
46:7,11; Isa 8:9,10; Ro 8:31

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Context

  • Psalms 56:8

    Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?

  • Psalms 56:9

    When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.

  • Psalms 56:10

    In God will I praise his word: in the Lord will I praise his word.

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Psalms 56:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Serán luego vueltos atrás mis enemigos el día que yo clamare: en esto conozco que Dios es por mí.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Tu comptes mes allées et mes venues; mets mes larmes dans tes vaisseaux; ne sont-elles pas dans ton livre?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Dann werden meine Feinde umkehren an dem Tage, da ich rufe; dieses weiß ich, daß Gott für mich ist.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Exsurge, gloria mea; exsurge, psalterium et cithara: exsurgam diluculo.