30 But (A)if the Lord [a]brings about an entirely new thing and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that is theirs, and they (B)descend alive into [b]Sheol, then you will understand that these men have spurned the Lord.”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 16:30 Lit creates a new creation
  2. Numbers 16:30 I.e. the nether world

25 Do not let them say in their heart, “(A)Aha, our desire!”
Do not let them say, “We have (B)swallowed him up!”

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Supplication for Deliverance and Grateful Trust in God.

For the choir director; according to [a]Jonath elem rehokim. A [b]Mikhtam of David, [c]when the Philistines seized him in Gath.

56 Be gracious to me, O God, for man has [d](A)trampled upon me;
[e]Fighting all day long he (B)oppresses me.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 56:1 Or The silent dove of those who are far off, or, The dove of the distant terebinths
  2. Psalm 56:1 Possibly Epigrammatic Poem, or Atonement Psalm
  3. Psalm 56:1 1 Sam 21:10, 11
  4. Psalm 56:1 Or snapped at
  5. Psalm 56:1 Or A fighting man

He will (A)send from heaven and save me;
He reproaches him who [a](B)tramples upon me. [b]Selah.
God will send forth His (C)lovingkindness and His [c]truth.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 57:3 Or snaps at
  2. Psalm 57:3 Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude
  3. Psalm 57:3 Or faithfulness

12 Let us (A)swallow them alive like Sheol,
Even whole, as those who (B)go down to the pit;

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