Psalms 56:5
All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
In Context
4In God, whose word I praise—in God I trust. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
6They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.
Cross References
1 Samuel 18:17Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”
1 Samuel 18:29he grew even more afraid of David. So from then on Saul was David’s enemy.
1 Samuel 20:33Then Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan to kill him. So Jonathan knew that his father was determined to kill David.
Psalms 41:7All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me:
Psalms 118:6The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
Jeremiah 18:18Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no 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 →