Psalms 56:5
All the day, they wrest, my words, Against me, all their devices are for mischief;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
In Context
4In God, I will praise his cause,—In God, have I trusted, I will not fear, What can flesh do unto me?
6They stir up strife—they lie hid, They, mark my steps,—Seeing they have waited for my life.
Cross References
1 Samuel 18:17So then Saul said unto David—Lo! my elder daughter Merab, her, will I give thee to wife, only, approve thyself unto me as a son of valour and fight the battles of Yahweh. Saul, however, had said to himself—Let not, my own hand, be upon him, but let, the hand of the Philistines, be upon him.
1 Samuel 18:29So then Saul went on to fear because of David, yet more,—and it came to pass that Saul was hostile to David, all the days.
1 Samuel 20:33And Saul hurled his spear at him, to smite him. So Jonathan knew that it was, determined, of his father, to put David to death.
Psalms 41:7Together—against me, do all who hate me whisper among themselves, Against me, devise they hurt for me.
Psalms 118:6Yahweh, is on my side, I will not fear, What can man, do unto me?
Jeremiah 18:18Then said they,—Come ye and let us devise against Jeremiah devices, For the law shall not perish from the priest, Nor, counsel, from the wise, Nor, the word from the prophet: Come and let as smite him with the tongue, And let us not give ear 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 →