Tree of Life Version
Psalms 56:5
5In God—I keep praising His word— in God I trust, I will not fear. What can mere flesh do to 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
3My foes trample me all day. For many are fighting me arrogantly. 4In a day when I am afraid, I will put my trust in You. In God—I keep praising His word— in God I trust, I will not fear. What can mere flesh do to me? 6All day they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil. 7They stir up strife; they lie hidden. They mark my steps, eager to take my soul.
Read all of Psalms 56Psalms 56:5 word by word
כָּל־הַ֭יּוֹם דְּבָרַ֣י יְעַצֵּ֑בוּ עָלַ֖י כָּל־מַחְשְׁבֹתָ֣ם לָרָֽע׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 56:5
- Isaiah 29:20For the ruthless will come to an end and the scorner will be finished, and all watching to do evil cut off.
- Matthew 22:15Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might trap Him with a word.
- Matthew 26:61and said, “This fellow said, ‘I’m able to destroy the Temple of God and rebuild it in three days!’”
- Luke 11:54plotting against Him to catch Him in His words.
- John 2:19“Destroy this Temple,” Yeshua answered them, “and in three days I will raise it up.”
- 2 Peter 3:16He speaks about these matters in all of his letters. Some things in them are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist (as they also do with the rest of the Scriptures)—to their own destruction.
- 1 Samuel 18:17Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab—I give her to you as a wife. Only continue to be my son of valor and fight Adonai’s battles.” For Saul thought, “My hand needn’t be against him—let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”
- 1 Samuel 20:7If he says thus, ‘Very well,’ then your servant is safe; but if he becomes very angry, then know that he is determined to harm me.
- Jeremiah 18:18Then they said: “Come, let us devise plans against Jeremiah. Surely Torah from the kohen will not be lost, nor will counsel from the wise, nor will the word from the prophet. Come, let’s strike at him with the tongue, and pay no attention to any of his words.”
- Luke 22:3Then satan entered into Judah, the one from Kriot, 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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