Psalms 56:5 KJV
Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
Matthew Henry
- David seeks mercy from God, amidst the malice of his enemiesBe merciful unto me, O God. This petition includes all the good for which we come to throne of grace. If we obtain mercy there, we need no more to make us...
Thompson Chains
- Evil ThoughtsSee the chain from Deuteronomy 15:9 · 9 links
Parallel Passages
- 1 Peter 3:16 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- 2 Peter 3:16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
- 1 Samuel 18:17 And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD'S battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.
- 1 Samuel 18:21 And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.
- 1 Samuel 18:29 And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David's enemy continually.
- 1 Samuel 20:7 If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him.
- 1 Samuel 20:33 And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David.
- Psalms 41:7 All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.
- Isaiah 29:20–21 For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off: …
- Jeremiah 18:18 Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
- Matthew 22:15 Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.
- Matthew 26:61 And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
- Luke 11:54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
- Luke 22:3–6 Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. …
- John 2:19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
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Topics
- Afflictions and adversities Prayer in
- David At this time probably writes
- Enemy The wickedness of David’s
- Malice General scriptures concerning Malice
- Persecution Of the righteous
- Psalms Afflictions
Hebrew and Strong’s
- Every day כָּל kol Noun · masculine singular construct הַיּוֹם hayyôm יוֹם Noun · masculine singular · with the
- they wrest יְעַצֵּבוּ yĕʿaṣṣēbû עָצַב Verb · piel imperfect, third person masculine plural
- my words דְּבָרַי dĕbāray דָּבָר Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: first person common singular
- all their thoughts עָלַי ʿālay Preposition · with suffix: first person common singular כָּל kol Noun · masculine singular construct מַחְשְׁבֹתָם maḥšĕbōtām מַחֲשָׁבָה Noun · feminine plural construct · with suffix: third person masculine plural
- against me for evil לָרָע lārāʿ רַע Adjective · masculine singular · with preposition with the
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0
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