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Psalms 56:4

NETBible	In God – I boast in his promise¹ – in God I trust, I am not afraid. What can mere men² do to me?³
NIV © biblegateway Psa 56:4	In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me?
NASB © biblegateway Psa 56:4	In God, whose word I praise, In God I have put my trust; I shall not be afraid. What can mere man do to me?
NLT © biblegateway Psa 56:4	O God, I praise your word. I trust in God, so why should I be afraid? What can mere mortals do to me?
MSG © biblegateway Psa 56:4	I'm proud to praise God; fearless now, I trust in God. What can mere mortals do?
BBE © SABDAweb Psa 56:4	In God will I give praise to his word; in God have I put my hope; I will have no fear of what flesh may do to me.
NRSV © bibleoremus Psa 56:4	In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I am not afraid; what can flesh do to me?
NKJV © biblegateway Psa 56:4	In God (I will praise His word), In God I have put my trust; I will not fear. What can flesh do to me?
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KJV	In God <0430> I will praise <01984> (8762) his word <01697>_, in God <0430> I have put my trust <0982> (8804)_; I will not fear <03372> (8799) what flesh <01320> can do <06213> (8799) unto me.
NASB © biblegateway Psa 56:4	In God <0430> , whose word <01697> I praise <01984> , In God <0430> I have put <0982> my trust <0982> ; I shall not be afraid <03372> . What <04100> can mere man <01320> do <06213> to me?
LXXM	(55:5) en <1722> PREP tw <3588> T-DSM yew <2316> N-DSM epainesw {V-FAI-1S} touv <3588> T-APM logouv <3056> N-APM mou <1473> P-GS olhn <3650> A-ASF thn <3588> T-ASF hmeran <2250> N-ASF epi <1909> PREP tw <3588> T-DSM yew <2316> N-DSM hlpisa <1679> V-AAI-1S ou <3364> ADV fobhyhsomai <5399> V-FPI-1S ti <5100> I-ASN poihsei <4160> V-FAI-3S moi <1473> P-DS sarx <4561> N-NSF
NET [draft] ITL	In God <0430> – I boast <01984> in his promise <01697> – in God <0430> I trust <0982> , I am not <03808> afraid <03372> . What <04100> can mere men <01320> do <06213> to me?
HEBREW	yl <0> rvb <01320> hvey <06213> hm <04100> arya <03372> al <03808> ytxjb <0982> Myhlab <0430> wrbd <01697> llha <01984> Myhlab <0430> (56:4) <56:5>

NETBible

In God – I boast in his promise¹ – in God I trust, I am not afraid. What can mere men² do to me?³

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “in God I boast, his word.” The syntax in the Hebrew text is difficult. (1) The line could be translated, “in God I boast, [in] his word.” Such a translation assumes that the prepositional phrase “in God” goes with the following verb “I boast” (see Ps 44:8) and that “his word” is appositional to “in God” and more specifically identifies the basis for the psalmist’s confidence. God’s “word” is here understood as an assuring promise of protection. Another option (2) is to translate, “in God I will boast [with] a word.” In this case, the “word” is a song of praise. (In this view the pronominal suffix “his” must be omitted as in v. 10.) The present translation reflects yet another option (3): In this case “I praise his word” is a parenthetical statement, with “his word” being the object of the verb. The sentence begun with the prepositional phrase “in God” is then completed in the next line, with the prepositional phrase being repeated after the parenthesis.

²tn Heb “flesh,” which refers by metonymy to human beings (see v. 11, where “man” is used in this same question), envisioned here as mortal and powerless before God.

³tn The rhetorical question assumes the answer, “Nothing!” The imperfect is used in a modal sense here, indicating capability or potential.