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Psalm 56:7

Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, God.

5All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.
6They conspire and lurk, watching my steps. They are eager to take my life.
7Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, God.
8You count my wanderings. You put my tears into your container. Aren’t they in your book?
9Then my enemies shall turn back in the day that I call. I know this: that God is for me.
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The plea to cast down the peoples is a cry for God's judgment from someone hunted, confronting you with the fear that evil might secure its own escape.

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Where else Scripture says this

11 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 55:23But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you.Both passages speak of God bringing evildoers down, with Psalm 56 asking for judgment and Psalm 55 expressing confidence in it.
Psalm 94:20–21Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which brings about mischief by statute?Both question wickedness before God: Psalm 56 challenges escape through evil, while Psalm 94 challenges a wicked throne's fellowship with him.
Jeremiah 10:25Pour out your wrath on the nations that don’t know you, and on the families that don’t call on your name; for they have devoured Jacob. Yes, they have devoured …Both prayers ask God to direct his anger against peoples whose violence threatens or has devastated others.
Psalm 36:12There the workers of iniquity are fallen. They are thrust down, and shall not be able to rise.The downfall requested in Psalm 56 shares its language of iniquity and being cast down with the downfall described in Psalm 36.
Habakkuk 1:13You who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously and keep silent when the wicked …Both speakers question evil's apparent freedom to continue and address God about those who threaten others.
Ecclesiastes 8:8There is no man who has power over the spirit to contain the spirit; neither does he have power over the day of death. There is no discharge in war; neither …Psalm 56 questions escape through iniquity; Ecclesiastes states that wickedness cannot deliver those who practice it.
Jeremiah 18:19–23Give heed to me, LORD, and listen to the voice of those who contend with me.Both speakers appeal to God amid opposition; Jeremiah asks to be heard, while the psalm asks for judgment.
Isaiah 28:15“Because you have said, ‘We have made a covenant with death, and we are in agreement with Sheol. When the overflowing scourge passes through, it won’t come to …Both connect wrongdoing with hoped-for escape: the psalm questions it, while Isaiah records people claiming lies as their refuge.
Psalm 55:15Let death come suddenly on them. Let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is among them, in their dwelling.Both prayers seek the downfall of evildoers, with Psalm 55 naming death and descent into Sheol.
Jeremiah 7:10then come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, ‘We are delivered,’ that you may do all these abominations?Both challenge the prospect of escaping consequences while continuing in wrongdoing before God.
Romans 2:3Do you think this, O man who judges those who practice such things, and do the same, that you will escape the judgment of God?Both question escape from God's judgment, though Romans addresses someone who condemns others while practicing the same things.
Where this verse fits

Injustice and anger. fear for the future.

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Encouragement

The danger here is real, and the prayer does not soften it. You may bring a demand for justice to God; this appeal to his judgment grants no permission for personal revenge.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).