Psalms 56:5

Psalms 56:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
• New International Version (NIV)All day long they twist my words; all their schemes are for my ruin.
• English Standard Version (ESV)All day long they injure my cause; all their thoughts are against me for evil.
• New King James Version (NKJV)All day they twist my words; All their thoughts are against me for evil.

Context of Psalms 56:5

3In the day that I am afraid, I will confide in thee. 4In God will I praise his word, in God I put my confidence: I will not fear; what can flesh do unto me? All the day long they wrest my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil. 6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves; they mark my steps, because they wait for my soul. 7Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God.

Psalms 56:5 word by word

כָּל־הַ֭יּוֹם דְּבָרַ֣י יְעַצֵּ֑בוּ עָלַ֖י כָּל־מַחְשְׁבֹתָ֣ם לָרָֽע׃Read the interlinear

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Cross-references for Psalms 56:5

• Isaiah 29:20For the terrible one shall come to nought, and the scorner shall be no more, and all that watch for iniquity shall be cut off,
• Matthew 22:15Then went the Pharisees and held a council how they might ensnare him in speaking.
• Matthew 26:61and said, He said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and in three days build it.
• Luke 11:54watching him, [and seeking] to catch something out of his mouth, [that they might accuse him].
• John 2:19Jesus answered and said to them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
• 2 Peter 3:16as also in all [his] epistles, speaking in them of these things; among which some things are hard to be understood, which the untaught and ill-established wrest, as also the other scriptures, to their own destruction.
• 1 Samuel 18:17And Saul said to David, Behold my eldest daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife; only be thou valiant for me, and fight Jehovah's battles. But Saul thought, My hand shall not be upon him, but the hand of the Philistines shall be upon him.
• 1 Samuel 20:7If he say thus, It is well, — thy servant shall have peace; but if he be very wroth, be sure that evil is determined by him.
• Jeremiah 18:18And they said, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor word from the prophet. Come and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
• Luke 22:3And Satan entered into Judas, who was surnamed Iscariote, being of the number of the twelve.

Commentaries on Psalms 56:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Every day they wrest my words - They have been spies on my conduct continually; they collected all my sayings, and wrested my words out of their proper sense and meaning, to make them, by inuendos, speak treason against Saul. They are full of evil purposes against me.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Every day they wrest my words - The word here rendered “wrest,” means literally to give pain, to grieve, to afflict; and it is used here in the sense of “wresting,” as if force were applied to words; that is, they are “tortured,” twisted, perverted. We have the same use of the word “torture” in our language. This they did by affixing a meaning to his words which he never intended, so as to injure him. All their thoughts are against me for evil - All their…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-7The psalmist specifies his charge against his attackers as he prays for their evil to end.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-65-6. A vivid picture of the conduct of malicious enemies.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 56:5

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Enemy
• Malice
• Persecution

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Commentaries on Psalms 56

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings