Psalms 56:5
Every day they wrest my words; All their thoughts are against me for evil.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 41:7All that hate me whisper together against me; Against me do they devise mischief:
Psalms 118:6The LORD is on my side, I will not fear: What can man do to me?
Jeremiah 18:18But they say, “Come, let us devise measures against Jeremiah; For the law shall not perish from the priest, Nor counsel from the wise, Nor the word from the prophet; Come, let us smite him with the tongue, And 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 →