I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
Parallel Translations
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I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
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In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
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(56-12) In God do I trust, I will not be afraid; what can man do unto me?
Cross-references (4)
Passages linked to Psalms 56:11 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 27:1 Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?
- Isaiah 51:7-8 “Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law. Don’t fear the reproach of men, and don’t be dismayed at their insults. For the moth will eat them up like a garment, and the worm will eat them like wool; but my righteousness will be forever, and my salvation to all generations.”
- Isaiah 51:12-13 “I, even I, am he who comforts you. Who are you, that you are afraid of man who shall die, and of the son of man who will be made as grass? Have you forgotten Yahweh your Maker, who stretched out the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth? Do you live in fear continually all day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he prepares to destroy? Where is the fury of the oppressor?
- Psalms 112:7-8 He will not be afraid of evil news. His heart is steadfast, trusting in Yahweh. His heart is established. He will not be afraid in the end when he sees his adversaries.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 56:11 In God have I put my trust:…
Psa 56:11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
Ver. 11. In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid, &c.] When news came to Luther, that both the emperor and pope had threatened his ruin, be bravely answered, Contemptus est a me Romanus et favor et furor, I care for neither of them, I know whom I have trusted. See Psa 56:4.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain In God have I put my trust,.... See Gill…
In God have I put my trust,.... See Gill on Psa 56:4;
I will not be afraid what man can do unto me; the same with flesh in Psa 56:4, and is opposed to God, in whom he trusted; and it suggests that he was not, and would not, be afraid of the greatest of men, as well as of the meanest; See Gill on Psa 56:4; Arama distinguishes between "flesh" and "man"; the former, he says, means the Philistines, and the latter Saul and his army.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 11. See Clarke on Ps 56:4.
Verse 11. See Clarke on Ps 56:4.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain In God have I put my trust - The…
In God have I put my trust - The sentiment in this verse is the same as in Psa 56:6, except that the word “man” is used here instead of “flesh.” The meaning, however, is the same. The idea is, that he would not be afraid of what “any man” - any human being - could do to him, if God was his friend.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 11. In God have I put my trust, I…
11. In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid;
What can man do unto me? (R.V.).
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‘Man’ = ‘flesh’ of Psa_56:4. Cp. Psa_118:6, borrowed from this passage.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain In God have I put my trust: I will…
In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me. Repeated word for word from ver. 4 (see the comment on that passage).
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Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Ver. 11. In God have I put my trust.…
Ver. 11. In God have I put my trust. This and the former verse are evidently the chorus of the Psalm. We cannot be too careful of our faith, or see too sedulously that it is grounded on the Lord alone.
I will not be afraid what man can do unto me. Faith has banished fear. He views his foes in their most forcible character, calling them not flesh, but indicating them as man, yet he dreads them not; though the whole race were his enemies he would not be afraid now that his trust is stayed on God. He is not afraid of what they threaten to do, for much of that they cannot do; and even what is in their power, what they can do, he defies with holy daring. He speaks for the future, "I will not, "for he is sure that the security of the present will suffice for days to come.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 56:11 mere mortals (Hebrew ’adam): The psalm also uses…
56:11 mere mortals (Hebrew ’adam): The psalm also uses two other words for man: ’enosh (“people,” 56:1) and basar (“mere mortals,” 56:4). All express the ideas of mortality and finitude.
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