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Psalm 56:title

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In God I Trust

56To the choirmaster: according to The Dove on Far-off Terebinths. A pMiktam1 of David, when the qPhilistines seized him in Gath.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Probably a musical or liturgical term

Cross references

  1. pPs. 16, title; 57, title
  2. q[1 Sam. 21:10, 11; 22:1]

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For the director of music. To the tune of “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” Of David. A miktam. When the Philistines had seized him in Gath.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For the choir director: according to “A Silent Dove Far Away.” A Miktam of David. When the Philistines seized him in Gath.

NLTNew Living Translation

For the choir director: A psalm of David, regarding the time the Philistines seized him in Gath. To be sung to the tune “Dove on Distant Oaks.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For the music director, according to The Silent Dove of Distant Lands.

Of David. A miktam.

When the Philistines seized him in Gath.

KJV 1900King James Version

To the chief Musician upon Jonath-elem-recho-kim, Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath.