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Psalm 56:5–6

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5All day long they 1adistort my words;

All their 2bthoughts are against me for evil.

6They 1aattack, they lurk,

They bwatch my heels,

As they have choped to take my 2life.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Or trouble my affairs
  2. 2Or purposes
  3. 1Or stir up strife
  4. 2Lit soul

Cross references

  1. a2 Pet 3:16
  2. bPs 41:7
  3. aPs 59:3; 140:2; Is 54:15
  4. bPs 17:11
  5. cPs 71:10

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

All day long they injure my cause;

all their thoughts are against me for evil.

They stir up strife, they lurk;

they watch my steps,

as they have waited for my life.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

All day long they twist my words;

all their schemes are for my ruin.

They conspire, they lurk,

they watch my steps,

hoping to take my life.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They twist my words all day long;

all their thoughts against me are evil.

They stir up strife, they lurk,

they watch my steps

while they wait to take my life.

NLTNew Living Translation

They are always twisting what I say;

they spend their days plotting to harm me.

They come together to spy on me—

watching my every step, eager to kill me.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

All day they twist my words;

all their thoughts are against me for evil.

They attack, they hide, they watch my steps,

as they lie in wait for my life.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.