Psalm 56:5 - Easy To Read Version My enemies are always\par twisting my words.\par They are always making plans against me.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Every day they wrest my words: All their thoughts are against me for evil. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition All day long they twist my words and trouble my affairs; all their thoughts are against me for evil and my hurt. American Standard Version (1901) All the day long they wrest my words: All their thoughts are against me for evil. Common English Bible All day long they frustrate my pursuits; all their thoughts are evil against me. Catholic Public Domain Version And he has rescued my soul from the midst of the young lions. I slept troubled. The sons of men: their teeth are weapons and arrows, and their tongue is a sharp sword. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version and he hath delivered my soul from the midst of the young lions. I slept troubled. The sons of men, whose teeth are weapons and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. |
The Lord is with me,\par so I will not be afraid.\par People can’t do anything to hurt me.\par
My enemies whisper bad things about me.\par They are plotting against me.\par
Some people think their strength and wealth will protect them.\par But those people are fools.\par
Then the enemies of Jeremiah said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah. Surely the teaching of the law by the priest will not be lost. And the advice from the wise men will still be with us. We will still have the words of the prophets. So let us tell lies about him. That will ruin him. We will not pay attention to anything he says.”
Then the Pharisees {\cf2\super [305]} left the place where Jesus was teaching. They made plans to catch Jesus saying something wrong.
and said, “This man (Jesus) said, ‘I can destroy the temple {\cf2\super [414]} of God and build it again in three days.’”
They were trying to find a way to catch Jesus saying something wrong.
Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple and I will build it again in three days.”
Paul writes like this about these things in all his letters. Sometimes there are things in Paul’s letters that are hard to understand. Some people explain those things falsely. Those people are ignorant and weak in faith. Those same people also falsely explain the other Scriptures. {\cf2\super [15]} But they are destroying themselves by doing that.
{But Saul wanted to kill David. Saul thought of a way to trick David.} Saul said to David, “Here is my oldest daughter, Merab. I will let you marry her. Then you can become a powerful soldier. You will be like a son to me! Then you will go and fight the Lord’s battles!” {This was a trick.} Saul was really thinking, “Now I won’t have to kill David. I will let the Philistines kill him for me!”
Saul thought, “I will use Michal to trap David. I will let Michal marry David. And then I will let the Philistines kill him.” So Saul said to David a second time, “You can marry my daughter today.”
So Saul became even more afraid of David. Saul was against David all that time.
But Saul threw his spear at Jonathan and tried to kill him. So Jonathan knew that his father wanted very much to kill David.
If your father says, ‘Fine,’ then I am safe. But if your father becomes angry, then you will know that he wants to hurt me.