Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Because of their wickedness do not let them escape; in your anger, God, bring the nations down. New Living Translation Don’t let them get away with their wickedness; in your anger, O God, bring them down. English Standard Version For their crime will they escape? In wrath cast down the peoples, O God! Berean Standard Bible In spite of such sin, will they escape? In Your anger, O God, cast down the nations. King James Bible Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God. New King James Version Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God! New American Standard Bible Because of their wickedness, will there be an escape for them? In anger make the peoples fall down, God! NASB 1995 Because of wickedness, cast them forth, In anger put down the peoples, O God! NASB 1977 Because of wickedness, cast them forth, In anger put down the peoples, O God! Legacy Standard Bible On account of their wickedness, will they have an escape? In anger, bring down the peoples, O God! Amplified Bible Cast them out because of their wickedness. In anger bring down the peoples, O God! Christian Standard Bible Will they escape in spite of such sin? God, bring down the nations in wrath. Holman Christian Standard Bible Will they escape in spite of such sin? God, bring down the nations in wrath. American Standard Version Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And they said, "There is no Savior for him.” Judge them in the wrath of the nations, oh, God! Brenton Septuagint Translation Thou wilt on no account save them; thou wilt bring down the people in wrath. Contemporary English Version They won't get away with these crimes, God, because when you get angry, you destroy people. Douay-Rheims Bible for nothing shalt thou save them: in thy anger thou shalt break the people in pieces, O God, English Revised Version Shall they escape by iniquity? in anger cast down the peoples, O God. GOD'S WORD® Translation With the wrong they do, can they escape? O God, angrily make the nations fall. Good News Translation Punish them, O God, for their evil; defeat those people in your anger! International Standard Version Cast them away because of their wickedness. In wrath, God, cast down these people! JPS Tanakh 1917 Because of iniquity cast them out; In anger bring down the peoples, O God. Literal Standard Version They escape by iniquity, | In anger put down the peoples, O God. Majority Standard Bible In spite of such sin, will they escape? In Your anger, O God, cast down the nations. New American Bible They are evil; watch them, God! Cast the nations down in your anger! NET Bible Because they are bent on violence, do not let them escape! In your anger bring down the nations, O God! New Revised Standard Version so repay them for their crime; in wrath cast down the peoples, O God! New Heart English Bible Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, God. Webster's Bible Translation Shall they escape by iniquity; in thy anger cast down the people, O God. World English Bible Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, God. Young's Literal Translation By iniquity they escape, In anger the peoples put down, O God. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Be Merciful to Me, O God…6They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life. 7In spite of such sin, will they escape? In Your anger, O God, cast down the nations. 8You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle—are they not in Your book?… Cross References Romans 2:3 So when you, O man, pass judgment on others, yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God's judgment? Psalm 36:12 There the evildoers lie fallen, thrown down and unable to rise. Psalm 55:23 But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You. Proverbs 19:5 A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape. Ezekiel 17:15 But this king rebelled against Babylon by sending his envoys to Egypt to ask for horses and a large army. Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and yet escape?' Treasury of Scripture Shall they escape by iniquity? in your anger cast down the people, O God. escape Psalm 94:20,21 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? … 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. 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: in thine Psalm 55:9,15,23 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city… 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. Jeremiah 18:19-23 Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me… Jump to Previous Account Anger Cast Crime Escape Evil-Doing Forth Free Iniquity Low Nations Peoples Punishment Recompense Wickedness WrathJump to Next Account Anger Cast Crime Escape Evil-Doing Forth Free Iniquity Low Nations Peoples Punishment Recompense Wickedness WrathPsalm 56 1. David, praying to God in confidence of his word, complains of his enemies,9. He professes his confidence in God's word, and promises to praise him (7) Shall they . . .--Literally, upon iniquity escape to them; the meaning of which is by no means clear. The ancient versions do not help us. If we adopt a slight change of reading, viz., palles for pallet, the meaning will be clear, for iniquity thou wilt requite them.Verse 7. - Shall they escape by iniquity? Shall they escape God's judgments, the psalmist asks, by their iniquity? Assuredly not. God will prevent such an escape. In thine anger cast down the people, O God; literally, the peoples; i.e. the heathen generally, to whom David's enemies, the Gittites, belong. Though assured that they will not escape, the psalmist, to make assurance doubly sure, prays that they may not. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew In spite ofעַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against such sin, אָ֥וֶן (’ā·wen) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 205: Strictly nothingness, trouble, vanity, wickedness, an idol {shall} they escape? פַּלֶּט־ (pal·leṭ-) Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 6405: Deliverance In Your anger, בְּ֝אַ֗ף (bə·’ap̄) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 639: The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire O God, אֱלֹהִֽים׃ (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative cast down הוֹרֵ֬ד (hō·w·rêḏ) Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend the nations. עַמִּ֤ים ׀ (‘am·mîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock Links Psalm 56:7 NIVPsalm 56:7 NLT Psalm 56:7 ESV Psalm 56:7 NASB Psalm 56:7 KJV Psalm 56:7 BibleApps.com Psalm 56:7 Biblia Paralela Psalm 56:7 Chinese Bible Psalm 56:7 French Bible Psalm 56:7 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 56:7 Shall they escape by iniquity? 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