Psalms 56:5
(56-6) All the day they trouble mine affairs; all their thoughts are against me for evil.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
In Context
Cross References
1 Samuel 18:17And Saul said to David: 'Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife; only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD'S battles.' For Saul said: 'Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.'
1 Samuel 18:29And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul was David's enemy continually.
1 Samuel 20:33And Saul cast his spear at him to smite him; whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to put David to death.
Psalms 41:7(41-8) All that hate me whisper together against me, against me do they devise my hurt:
Psalms 118:6The LORD is for me; I will not fear; what can man do unto me?
Jeremiah 18:18Then said they: 'Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for instruction shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.'
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 →