Those who anticipate my defeat ¹  attack me all day long. Indeed, ²  many are fighting against me, O Exalted One. ³ 

biblegateway Psa 56:2

My foes have trampled upon me all day long, For they are many who fight proudly against me.

My adversaries trample me all day, for many arrogantly fight against me.

All day long my enemies spy on me. They harass me. There are so many fighting against me.

biblegateway Psa 56:2

My slanderers pursue me all day long; many are attacking me in their pride.

my enemies trample on me all day long, for many attack me proudly.

bibleoremus Psa 56:2

my enemies trample on me all day long, for many fight against me. O Most High,

All day long foes beset and oppress me, for numerous are those who assail me.

biblegateway Psa 56:2

My enemies would hound me all day, For there are many who fight against me, O Most High.

Mine enemies would daily swallow [me] up: for [they be] many that fight against me, O thou most High.

biblegateway Psa 56:2

Those who anticipate my defeat ¹  attack me all day long. Indeed, ²  many are fighting against me, O Exalted One. ³ 

¹ tn Heb “to those who watch me [with evil intent].” See also Pss 5:8; 27:11; 54:5; 59:10.

² tn Or “for.”

³ tn Some take the Hebrew term מָרוֹם (marom, “on high; above”) as an adverb modifying the preceding participle and translate, “proudly” (cf. NASB; NIV “in their pride”). The present translation assumes the term is a divine title here. The Lord is pictured as enthroned “on high” in Ps 92:8. (Note the substantival use of the term in Isa 24:4 and see C. A. Briggs and E. G. Briggs (Psalms [ICC], 2:34), who prefer to place the term at the beginning of the next verse.)