Psalms 56:3-4

“What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.”

"What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me." - Psalms 56:3-4
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What does Psalms 56:3-4 mean?

Psalm 56 is a psalm of David written from a place of real danger and human vulnerability. The title in the KJV points to a specific crisis: “when the Philistines took him in Gath.” Whether one reads that as literal capture or as the broader experience of being trapped in enemy…

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When Fear Knocks, Let Trust Answer

“What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.” (Psalm 56:3–4, KJV) Fear has a way of arriving uninvited. It can come in the middle of the night with racing thoughts, or in broad…

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When Fear Rises, I Will Trust in Thee

O Lord God Almighty, I come before Thee in reverence and humility, acknowledging that Thou art God, and there is none like Thee. Thou seest the hidden places of my heart, the thoughts I cannot always name, and the fears I sometimes try to disguise. Yet nothing is secret before…

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Psalms 56:3
Psalms 56:3 - "What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee."
"What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee." - Psalms 56:3
Psalms 56:5 - "Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil."
Psalms 56:4 - "In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me."
Psalm 56:3-4 - "When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?"
Psalms 119:56 - "This I had, because I kept thy precepts."
Psalms 78:56 - "Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:"
Psalms 56:10 - "In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word."
"In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word." - Psalms 56:10
Psalms 56:7 - "Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God."
Psalms 56:8 - "Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?"
Psalms 56:6 - "They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul."
Psalms 56:12 - "Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee."
Psalms 56:9 - "When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me."
Psalms 56:11 - "In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me."
Psalms 56:2 - "Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High."
Psalms 56:1 - "Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me."
"Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me." - Psalms 56:1
"This I had, because I kept thy precepts." - Psalms 119:56
"In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me." - Psalms 56:11
Isaiah 56:3-5
"Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:" - Psalms 78:56
"Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil." - Psalms 56:5
"Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God." - Psalms 56:7
Psalms 56:13 - "For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?"
Psalms 111:3 - "His work is honourable and glorious: and his righteousness endureth for ever."
"In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me." - Psalms 56:4
Psalms 3:4 - "I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah."