Psalms 56:7
In spite of such sin, will they escape? In Your anger, O God, cast down the nations.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.
In Context
6They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.
8You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle—are they not in Your book?
Cross References
Psalms 37:32Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,
Psalms 55:9O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.
Psalms 55:23But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
Psalms 94:20Can a corrupt throne be Your ally—one devising mischief by decree?
Isaiah 28:15For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”
Jeremiah 10:25Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished him off; they have devastated his homeland.
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 →