Psalms 56:7 Cross References

Psalms 56:7

7: Don't let them get away with their wickedness; in your anger, O God, throw them to the ground.

But you, O God, will send the wicked down to the pit of destruction. Murderers and liars will die young, but I am trusting you to save me.

You are perfectly just in this. But will you, who cannot allow sin in any form, stand idly by while they swallow us up? Should you be silent while the wicked destroy people who are more righteous than they?

Let death seize my enemies by surprise; let the grave swallow them alive, for evil makes its home within them.

None of us can hold back our spirit from departing. None of us has the power to prevent the day of our death. There is no escaping that obligation, that dark battle. And in the face of death, wickedness will certainly not rescue those who practice it.

Pour out your wrath on the nations that refuse to recognize you--on nations that do not call upon your name. For they have utterly devoured your people Israel, making the land a desolate wilderness.

Destroy them, Lord, and confuse their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.

You boast that you have struck a bargain to avoid death and have made a deal to dodge the grave. You say, "The Assyrians can never touch us, for we have built a strong refuge made of lies and deception."

and then come here and stand before me in my Temple and chant, "We are safe!"--only to go right back to all those evils again?

Can unjust leaders claim that God is on their side--leaders who permit injustice by their laws?
They attack the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.

LORD, help me! Listen to what they are planning to do to me!
Should they repay evil for good? They have set a trap to kill me, though I pleaded for them and tried to protect them from your anger.
So let their children starve! Let the sword pour out their blood! Let their wives become widows without any children! Let their old men die in a plague, and let their young men be killed in battle!
Let screaming be heard from their homes as warriors come suddenly upon them. For they have dug a pit for me, and they have hidden traps along my path.
LORD, you know all about their murderous plots against me. Don't forgive their crimes and blot out their sins. Let them die before you. Deal with them in your anger.

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