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Psalms 56:7

5 All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise.

6 They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.

In spite of such sin, will they escape? In Your anger, O God, cast down the nations.

8 You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle— are they not in Your book?

9 Then my enemies will retreat on the day I cry for help. By this I will know that God is on my side.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
In spite of such sin, will they escape? In Your anger, O God, cast down the nations.
KJV
Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.
WEB
Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, God.
ASV
Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God.
DARBY
Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God.
BLB
Over iniquity bring [no] escape for them! In [your] anger, may You cast down the nations, O God!
ÅB
Skulle de undslippe tross sin ondskap? Støt folkeslag ned i vrede, Gud!
OTB
På grunn av deres ondskap, er det en vei til flukt for dem?
I din vrede, styrt nasjonene ned, Gud!
B1930
Skulde de undslippe tross sin ondskap? Støt folkeslag ned i vrede, Gud!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 55:23

    But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.

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  • Jeremiah 10:25

    Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished him off; they have devastated his homeland.

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  • Psalms 94:20–21

    Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?

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  • Jeremiah 18:19–23

    Attend to me, O LORD. Hear what my accusers are saying!

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  • Psalms 36:12

    There the evildoers lie fallen, thrown down and unable to rise.

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  • Ecclesiastes 8:8

    As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.

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  • Habakkuk 1:13

    Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?

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  • Psalms 55:15

    Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.

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