Psalms 56:1

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> Be merciful to me, God, for man wants to swallow me up. All day long, he attacks and oppresses me.

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Gath was a major Philistine city in the Shephelah, west of Judah, and the hometown of Goliath. Psalm 56’s title places David there after he was seized by Philistines, making his plea for mercy the prayer of a vulnerable man surrounded by hostile enemies.

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Psalms 56:1 mentions Gath.