Be Merciful to Me, O God
Psalms 56:5
In 11 translations
- BSB
- All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise.
- KJV
- Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
- WEB
- All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.
- ASV
- All the day long they wrest my words: All their thoughts are against me for evil.
- LSV
- All the day they wrest my words, || All their thoughts [are] for evil concerning me,
- YLT
- All the day they wrest my words, Concerning me all their thoughts [are] for evil,
- DBY
- All the day long they wrest my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.
- DRC55:6
- All the day long they detested my words: all their thoughts were against me unto evil.
- GNV
- Mine owne wordes grieue me dayly: all their thoughtes are against me to doe me hurt.
- JPS56:6
- All the day they trouble mine affairs; all their thoughts are against me for evil.
- LXXE55:6
- All the day long they have abominated my words; all their devices are against me for evil.
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Original-language editions
- WLC56:6
- כָּל־הַ֭יּוֹם דְּבָרַ֣י יְעַצֵּ֑בוּ עָלַ֖י כָּל־מַחְשְׁבֹתָ֣ם לָרָֽע׃KJV:Ps.56.5
- LXX-Br55:6
- Ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν τοὺς λόγους μου ἐβδελύσσοντο, κατʼ ἐμοῦ πάντες οἱ διαλογισμοὶ αὐτῶν εἰς κακόν.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- Matthew 22:15Then the Pharisees went out and conspired to trap Jesus in His words.
- Luke 11:54waiting to catch Him in something He might say.
- Psalms 41:7All who hate me whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me:
- Isaiah 29:20–21For the ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who look for evil will be cut down— those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the…
- 2 Peter 3:16He writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their…
- 1 Samuel 18:21“I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “For a second time now you can be my son-in-law.”
- Luke 22:3–6Then Satan entered Judas Iscariot, who was one of the Twelve. And Judas went to discuss with the chief priests and temple officers how he might betray Jesus to them. They were delighted and agreed to give him money.…
- John 2:19Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”
- 1 Samuel 18:17Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the…
- Matthew 26:61and declared, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”
- 1 Samuel 18:29he grew even more afraid of David. So from then on Saul was David’s enemy.
- Jeremiah 18:18Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us denounce him and pay no heed to any of his…
- 1 Samuel 20:7If he says, ‘Good,’ then your servant is safe, but if he is enraged, you will know he has evil intentions.
- 1 Samuel 20:33Then Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan to kill him; so Jonathan knew that his father was determined to kill David.
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 56:6 in some Bibles
- 56:5 in most Bibles