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Psalms 56:5
5All day long they twist my words; all their schemes are for my ruin.
Psalms 56:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)They are always twisting what I say; they spend their days plotting to harm me.
Context of Psalms 56:5
3When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. 4In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me? All day long they twist my words; all their schemes are for my ruin. 6They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps, hoping to take my life. 7Because of their wickedness do not let them escape; in your anger, God, bring the nations down.
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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 29:20The ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who have an eye for evil will be cut down—
- Matthew 22:15Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words.
- Matthew 26:61and declared, “This fellow said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’ ”
- Luke 11:54waiting to catch him in something he might say.
- John 2:19Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.”
- 2 Peter 3:16He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.
- 1 Samuel 18:17Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage; only serve me bravely and fight the battles of the Lord.” For Saul said to himself, “I will not raise a hand against him. Let the Philistines do that!”
- 1 Samuel 20:7If he says, ‘Very well,’ then your servant is safe. But if he loses his temper, you can be sure that he is determined to harm me.
- Jeremiah 18:18They said, “Come, let’s make plans against Jeremiah; for the teaching of the law by the priest will not cease, nor will counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophets. So come, let’s attack him with our tongues and pay no attention to anything he says.”
- Luke 22:3Then Satan entered Judas, called Iscariot, one 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
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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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