Psalm 56:9 “Then my enemies will retreat on the day I cry for help. By this I will…”

Psalm 56:9

Then my enemies will retreat on the day I cry for help. By this I will know that God is on my side.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this: that God is for me.

American Standard Version

Then shall mine enemies turn back in the day that I call: This I know, that God is for me.

Geneva Bible 1599

When I cry, then mine enemies shall turne backe: this I know, for God is with me.

Darby Translation

Then shall mine enemies return backward in the day when I call: this I know, for God is for me.

Young's Literal Translation

Then turn back do mine enemies in the day I call. This I have known, that God [is] for me.

Bible in Basic English

When I send up my cry to you, my haters will be turned back; I am certain of this, for God is with me.

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Cross references

“When”

Psalm 118:11–13 Jeremiah 33:3 Exodus 17:9–11

Psalm 118:11–13 · BSB

They surrounded me on every side, but in the name of the LORD I cut them off.

Jeremiah 33:3 · BSB

Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.

Exodus 17:9–11 · BSB

So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.”

“then”

Psalm 27:2 John 18:6 Psalm 18:38–42

Psalm 27:2 · BSB

When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell.

John 18:6 · BSB

When Jesus said, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground.

Psalm 18:38–42 · BSB

I crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.

“for”

Romans 8:31 Psalm 46:11 Psalm 46:7 Isaiah 8:9 Isaiah 8:10

Romans 8:31 · BSB

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

Psalm 46:11 · BSB

The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

Psalm 46:7 · BSB

The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

Isaiah 8:9 · BSB

Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!

Isaiah 8:10 · BSB

Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; state a proposal, but it will not happen. For God is with us. ”

Also

Psalm 118:6 Psalm 102:2 Psalm 9:3

Psalm 118:6 · BSB

The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

Psalm 102:2 · BSB

Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call.

Psalm 9:3 · BSB

When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle— are they not in Your book?

10In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise,

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