King James Version
Psalms 56:5 in the King James Version says “Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 56 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.”
Psalms 56:5 · KJV
What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“Every day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“my words”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“all their thoughts”
H4284a contrivance, i.e., (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)
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