Psalms 56:7
Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.
In Context
8Thou numberest my wanderings: Put thou my tears into thy bottle; Are they not in thy book?
Cross References
Psalms 37:32The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.
Psalms 55:9Destroy, O Lord, [and] divide their tongue; For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
Psalms 55:23But thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in thee. Psalm 56 For the Chief Musician; set to Jonath elem rehokim. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam: when the Philistines took him in Gath.
Psalms 94:20Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, Which frameth mischief by statute?
Isaiah 28:15Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
Jeremiah 10:25Pour out thy wrath upon the nations that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have devoured Jacob, yea, they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 56:2-8
Prayer for Help under Oppression; Confidence in God. 1 Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me. 2 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High. 3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. 4 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. 5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil. 6 They gather themselves together, they hide… Read the whole commentary →