They twist my words all day long;
all their thoughts against me are evil.(A)
They stir up strife,[a] they lurk,
they watch my steps
while they wait to take my life.(B)
Will they escape in spite of such sin?
God, bring down the nations in wrath.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 56:6 Or They attack

All day long they twist my words;(A)
    all their schemes are for my ruin.
They conspire,(B) they lurk,
    they watch my steps,(C)
    hoping to take my life.(D)
Because of their wickedness do not[a] let them escape;(E)
    in your anger, God, bring the nations down.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 56:7 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text does not have do not.