Psalms 56:7
Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.
Psalms 56:7 in other translations
| BSB | In spite of such sin, will they escape? In Your anger, O God, cast down the nations. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | By iniquity they escape, In anger the peoples put down, O God. |
| DARBY | Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, OGod. |
| BBE | By evil-doing they will not get free from punishment. In wrath, O God, let the peoples be made low. |
| Webster | Shall they escape by iniquity; in thy anger cast down the people, O God. |
What does Psalms 56:7 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 56:1-7
Be 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 happy. It implies likewise our best plea, not our merit, but God's mercy, his free, rich mercy. We may flee to, and trust the mercy of God, when surrounded on all sides by difficulties and dangers. His enemies were too hard for him, if God did not help him. He…
Psalms 56:7 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 56:7
- 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.
- 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.
- Psalms 94:20-21
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
- Jeremiah 18:19-23
Give heed to me, O Lord, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me. Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them. Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle. Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet. …
- Psalms 36:12
There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.
- 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.
- 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?
- 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.
- Jeremiah 7:10
And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?
- Psalms 55:9
Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city.
- Isaiah 28:15
Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
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Context
- Psalms 56:6
They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
- Psalms 56:7
Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.
- Psalms 56:8
Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
Psalms 56:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿Escaparán ellos por la iniquidad? Oh Dios, derriba en tu furor los pueblos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Ils s’assemblent, ils se cachent, ils observent mes pas, car ils guettent mon âme. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Sollte bei ihrem Frevel Rettung für sie sein? Im Zorn stürze nieder die Völker, o Gott! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Laqueum paraverunt pedibus meis, et incurvaverunt animam meam. Foderunt ante faciem meam foveam, et inciderunt in eam. |