Psalms 56:5
All the day they wrest my words, Concerning me all their thoughts [are] for evil,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
In Context
4In God I praise His word, in God I have trusted, I fear not what flesh doth to me.
6They assemble, they hide, they watch my heels, When they have expected my soul.
Cross References
1 Samuel 18:17And Saul saith unto David, 'Lo, my elder daughter Merab — her I give to thee for a wife; only, be to me for a son of valour, and fight the battles of Jehovah;' and Saul said, 'Let not my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.'
1 Samuel 18:29and Saul addeth to be afraid of the presence of David yet; and Saul is an enemy with David all the days.
1 Samuel 20:33And Saul casteth the javelin at him to smite him, and Jonathan knoweth that it hath been determined by his father to put David to death.
Psalms 41:7All hating me whisper together against me, Against me they devise evil to me:
Psalms 118:6Jehovah [is] for me, I do not fear what man doth to me.
Jeremiah 18:18And they say, Come, And we devise against Jeremiah devices, For law doth not perish from the priest, Nor counsel from the wise, Nor the word from the prophet, Come, and we smite him with the tongue, And we do not attend 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 →