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Psalms 56:5
5All the time, they bring trouble on me. They are always thinking of ways to hurt me.
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
3But when I am afraid, I will trust in you. 4By God's help, I will praise his word. By God's help, I will trust in him. I will not be afraid. People can do nothing to hurt me! All the time, they bring trouble on me. They are always thinking of ways to hurt me. 6They hide and they watch me. They watch me wherever I go, and they hope to kill me. 7God, they want to do wicked things, so punish them! Destroy these people, because you are angry with them.
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כָּל־הַ֭יּוֹם דְּבָרַ֣י יְעַצֵּ֑בוּ עָלַ֖י כָּל־מַחְשְׁבֹתָ֣ם לָרָֽע׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 56:5
- Isaiah 29:20Cruel people will disappear. Proud people who insult others will no longer be there. There will be no more people who love to do evil things.
- Matthew 22:15After the Pharisees heard this, they thought about what they could do. They wanted to ask Jesus difficult questions. They wanted to make him say something wrong about the Roman ruler.
- Matthew 26:61‘We heard this man say, “I can destroy the temple and in three days I can build it again.” ’
- Luke 11:54They wanted to make him say something wrong. Then they could take hold of him.
- John 2:19Jesus answered them, ‘If you destroy this house of God, I will build it up again in three days.’
- 2 Peter 3:16He wrote about them in all his letters. Some things that he has written are difficult for people to understand. Some people have weak minds and they are not sure about what they believe. They explain Paul's teaching in a way that deceives people. They also explain other things in the Bible wrongly. As a result, those people will destroy themselves and God will punish them.
- 1 Samuel 18:17Saul said to David, ‘Here is my oldest daughter Merab. I will let you marry her. But you must be a brave soldier and you must fight battles for the Lord.’ Saul thought to himself, ‘I will not have to kill David myself. The Philistines will do that.’
- 1 Samuel 20:7Your father may say, “That is good.” If he says that, I will know that I am safe. But if he becomes very angry, we will know that he has decided to hurt me.
- Jeremiah 18:18Then some people said, ‘We must find a way to stop Jeremiah. We do not need him. The priests will still be here to teach us. Wise men will still be here to give us advice. The prophets will still be here to give us God's messages. We should speak bad things against Jeremiah. Then we will not have to listen to him any more.’
- Luke 22:3Then Satan began to live inside Judas Iscariot. Judas was one of Jesus' 12 apostles.
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
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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
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