The Meaning of Psalms 56:11 Explained

Psalms 56:11

KJV: In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.

YLT: In God I trusted, I fear not what man doth to me,

Darby: In God have I put my confidence: I will not fear; what can man do unto me?

ASV: In God have I put my trust, I will not be afraid; What can man do unto me?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

In God  have I put my trust:  I will not be afraid  what man  can do  unto me. 

What does Psalms 56:11 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 56:1-13 - "what Can Man Do Unto Me?"
This psalm was composed under the same circumstances as Psalms 34:1-22. See 1 Samuel 21:1-15. What a strange medley is here shown-David feigning madness and composing psalms! Commenting on Psalms 56:3, one says that Isaiah's resolve is still better: "I will trust and not be afraid," Isaiah 12:2. Note, the magnificent refrain at the close of each of the first two strophes, Psalms 56:4; Psalms 56:10. The psalmist asks: "What can flesh do?" "Nothing," is the Apostle Paul's emphatic answer. Neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers can hurt a man who makes God his stronghold, Romans 8:31.
Let us use the last verse for our life-prayer. Live as one on whom God's vows rest. Thank Him that by His Cross and Passion He has delivered thy soul from death. Could He have done so much at such cost, and then fail? Surely He must deliver our feet from falling, Psalms 116:8, or all the past will have been in vain. Whenever the shadows gather, and past sins threaten, and the enemies of your soul seek to overthrow, plead this prayer: Thou hast"¦ wilt not Thou? [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 56

1  David, praying to God in confidence of his word, complains of his enemies,
9  He professes his confidence in God's word, and promises to praise him

What do the individual words in Psalms 56:11 mean?

In God I have put my trust not I will be afraid what can do man to me
בֵּֽאלֹהִ֣ים בָּ֭טַחְתִּי לֹ֣א אִירָ֑א מַה־ יַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה אָדָ֣ם לִֽי

בֵּֽאלֹהִ֣ים  In  God 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
בָּ֭טַחְתִּי  I  have  put  my  trust 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: בָּטוּחַ 
Sense: to trust.
אִירָ֑א  I  will  be  afraid 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common singular
Root: יָרֵא 
Sense: to fear, revere, be afraid.
יַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה  can  do 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
אָדָ֣ם  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָדָם 
Sense: man, mankind.
לִֽי  to  me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular

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