Go
Articles on

Psalm 56

Psa. 56:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

+
5
Every day
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a 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 associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
they wrest
`atsab (Hebrew #6087)
properly, to carve, i.e. fabricate or fashion; hence (in a bad sense) to worry, pain or anger
KJV usage: displease, grieve, hurt, make, be sorry, vex, worship, wrest.
Pronounce: aw-tsab'
Origin: a primitive root
my words
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
z: all their thoughts
machashabah (Hebrew #4284)
from 2803; a contrivance, i.e. (concretely) a texture, machine, or (abstractly) intention, plan (whether bad, a plot; or good, advice)
KJV usage: cunning (work), curious work, device(-sed), imagination, invented, means, purpose, thought.
Pronounce: makh-ash-aw-baw'
Origin: or machashebeth {makh-ash-eh'-beth}
are against me for evil
ra` (Hebrew #7451)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Pronounce: rah
Origin: from 7489
.
z
Luke 11:54• 54watching him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him. (Luke 11:54)

More on:

+
Day

Cross References

+

Ministry on This Verse

+
they.
Isa. 29:20‑21• 20For the terrible one shall come to nought, and the scorner shall be no more, and all that watch for iniquity shall be cut off,
 21that make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and pervert the judgment of the righteous by futility. (Isa. 29:20‑21)
;
Matt. 22:15• 15Then went the Pharisees and held a council how they might ensnare him in speaking. (Matt. 22:15)
;
Matt. 26:61• 61and said, *He* said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and in three days build it. (Matt. 26:61)
;
Luke 11:54• 54watching him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him. (Luke 11:54)
;
John 2:19• 19Jesus answered and said to them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. (John 2:19)
;
2 Peter 3:16• 16as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; among which some things are hard to be understood, which the untaught and ill-established wrest, as also the other scriptures, to their own destruction. (2 Peter 3:16)
all.
1 Sam. 18:17,21,29• 17And Saul said to David, Behold my eldest daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife; only be thou valiant for me, and fight Jehovah's battles. But Saul thought, My hand shall not be upon him, but the hand of the Philistines shall be upon him.
 21And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be upon him. And Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son-in-law a second time.
 29And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul was David's enemy continually. (1 Sam. 18:17,21,29)
;
1 Sam. 20:7,33• 7If he say thus, It is well,--thy servant shall have peace; but if he be very wroth, be sure that evil is determined by him.
 33Then Saul cast the spear at him to smite him; and Jonathan knew that it was determined by his father to put David to death. (1 Sam. 20:7,33)
;
Jer. 18:18• 18And they said, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor word from the prophet. Come and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words. (Jer. 18:18)
;
Luke 22:3‑6• 3And Satan entered into Judas, who was surnamed Iscariote, being of the number of the twelve.
 4And he went away and spoke with the chief priests and captains as to how he should deliver him up to them.
 5And they were rejoiced, and agreed to give him money.
 6And he came to an agreement to do it, and sought an opportunity to deliver him up to them away from the crowd. (Luke 22:3‑6)
• {v.5-6} Every day the enemy perverts the words of the godly: with evil intent they consult together and secretly watch his steps, seeking to take his life. (“Psalms 56” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

+
5
All the day long they wrestp my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.

JND Translation Notes

+
p
Or "torture."