11 translations · Hebrew
Psalm 56:3
When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.
Psalm 56:3 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.
- KJV King James Version
- What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- When I am afraid, I put my trust in You.
- ASV American Standard Version
- What time I am afraid, I will put my trust in thee.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- [In] the day I am afraid I am confident toward You.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- But when I'm afraid, I trust in you.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- The day I am afraid I am confident toward Thee.
- DBY Darby Translation
- In the day that I am afraid, I will confide in thee.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- In the time when I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899 · Psalm 55:4 in this edition
- From the height of the day I shall fear: but I will trust in thee.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| י֥וֹם | yō·wm | When | H3117 יוֹם day |
| אִירָ֑א | ’î·rā | I am afraid | H3372 יָרֵא to fear |
| אֲ֝נִ֗י | ’ă·nî | I | H589 אֲנִי I |
| אֵלֶ֥יךָ | ’ê·le·ḵā | in You | H413 אֶל to(wards) |
| אֶבְטָֽח׃ | ’eḇ·ṭāḥ | put my trust | H982 בָּטַח to trust |
Related verses
- Psalm 34:4
I sought Yahweh, and he answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.
- 1 Samuel 30:6
David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the souls of all the people were grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters; but David strengthened himself in Yahweh his God.
- 2 Corinthians 7:5–6
For even when we had come into Macedonia, our flesh had no relief, but we were afflicted on every side. Fightings were outside. Fear was inside. Nevertheless, he who comforts the lowly, God, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
- Psalm 55:4–5
My heart is severely pained within me. The terrors of death have fallen on me. Fearfulness and trembling have come on me. Horror has overwhelmed me.
- Psalm 11:1
In Yahweh, I take refuge. How can you say to my soul, “Flee as a bird to your mountain!”
- 2 Corinthians 1:8–10
For we don’t desire to have you uninformed, brothers, concerning our affliction which happened to us in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, so much that we despaired even of life. Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead, who delivered us out of so great a death, and does deliver; on whom we have set our hope that he will also still deliver us;
- 1 Samuel 21:12
David laid up these words in his heart, and was very afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
- 2 Chronicles 20:3
Jehoshaphat was alarmed, and set himself to seek to Yahweh. He proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
- 1 Samuel 21:10
David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
1 Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.
2 My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me.
3 When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.
4 In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
5 All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.
Read all of Psalm 56 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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