Psalms 56:5
And he has delivered my soul from the midst of lions’ whelps: 1 I lay down to sleep, though troubled. 1 As for the sons of men, their teeth are arms and missile weapons, 1 And their tongue a sharp sword. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
In Context
6Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; 1 And thy glory above all the earth. 1
Cross References
1 Samuel 18:29And he was yet more afraid of David.
1 Samuel 20:33And Saul lifted up his spear against Jonathan to slay him: so Jonathan knew that this evil was determined on by his father to slay David.
Psalms 41:7O my God, my soul has been troubled within me: 1 Therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the little hill. 1
Psalms 118:6Then shall I not be ashamed, 1 When I have respect to all thy commandments. 1
Jeremiah 18:18Then they said, Come, and let us devise a device against Jeremiah; for the law 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 we will hear all 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 →