Psalms 56:7
By iniquity they escape, In anger the peoples put down, O God.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.
In Context
6They assemble, they hide, they watch my heels, When they have expected my soul.
8My wandering Thou hast counted, Thou — place Thou my tear in Thy bottle, Are they not in Thy book?
Cross References
Psalms 37:32The wicked is watching for the righteous, And is seeking to put him to death.
Psalms 55:9Swallow up, O Lord, divide their tongue, For I saw violence and strife in a city.
Psalms 55:23And Thou, O God, dost bring them down To a pit of destruction, Men of blood and deceit reach not to half their days, And I — I do trust in Thee!
Psalms 94:20Is a throne of mischief joined [with] Thee? A framer of perverseness by statute?
Isaiah 28:15Because ye have said: 'We have made a covenant with death, And with Sheol we have made a provision, An overflowing scourge, when it passeth over, Doth not meet us, Though we have made a lie our refuge, And in falsehood have been hidden.'
Jeremiah 10:25Pour out Thy fury on the nations that have not known Thee, And on the families that have not called in Thy name, For they have eaten up Jacob, Yea, they have eaten him up, yea, they consume him, And his habitation they have made desolate!
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 →