Psalms 56:5

Be you exalted, O God, above the heavens; and your glory above all the earth. 1

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.

In Context

4and he has delivered my soul from the midst of lions'whelps: I lay down to sleep, though troubled. As for the sons of men, their teeth are arms and missile weapons, and their tongue a sharp sword. 1

6They have prepared snares for my feet, and have bowed down my soul: they have dug a pit before my face, and fallen into it themselves. Pause. 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 18:17And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merob, I will give her to you to Wife, only be you to me a mighty man and fight the wars of the Lord. And Saul said, Let not my hand be upon him, but the hand of the Philistines shall be upon him.

1 Samuel 18:29And he was yet more afraid of David. + 18:29 v 30 is not in the Vatican codex. It is here read from Alex.

1 Samuel 20:33And Saul lifted up his spear against Jonathan to kill him: so Jonathan knew that this evil was determined on by his father to kill David.

Psalms 41:7Deep calls to deep at the voice of your cataracts: all your billows and your waves have gone over me. 1

Psalms 118:6Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect to all your commandments. 1

Jeremiah 18:18Then they said, Come, and let us devise a device against Jeremias; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us strike 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 →

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