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Psalms 56:7

5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.

6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.

Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.

8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?

9 When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.

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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 thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.

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  • Jeremiah 10:25

    Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.

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  • Psalms 94:20–21

    Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?

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  • Jeremiah 18:19–23

    Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.

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  • Psalms 36:12

    There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.

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  • Ecclesiastes 8:8

    There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.

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  • Habakkuk 1:13

    Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?

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  • Psalms 55:15

    Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.

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