Mine own [a]words grieve me daily: all their thoughts are against me to do me hurt.

[b]They gather together, and keep themselves close: they mark my steps, because they wait for my soul.

[c]They think they shall escape by iniquity: O God, cast these people down in thine anger.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 56:5 All my counsels have evil success, and turn to mine own sorrow.
  2. Psalm 56:6 As all the world against one man, and cannot be satiate, except they have my life.
  3. Psalm 56:7 They think not only to escape punishment, but the more wicked they are, the more impudent they wax.

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