Psalms 56:5

“Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, etc.] That is, show thyself to be God, that sittest in the heavens, and art higher than they, by saving me, and disappointing mine enemies; that I, and those that are with me, may magnify the Lord and exalt his name together. The Targum is, “be thou exalted above the angels of heaven, O God;” [let] thy glory [be] above all the earth; that is, above all the inhabitants of the earth, as the Chaldee paraphrase: let the glory of God in my deliverance be seen by all that dwell upon the earth; for by how much the lower and more distressed his case and condition were, by so much the more would the glory of God be displayed in bringing him out of it.…”

“A vivid picture of the conduct of malicious enemies.”

“Every day they wrest my words - The word here rendered “wrest,” means literally to give pain, to grieve, to afflict; and it is used here in the sense of “wresting,” as if force were applied to words; that is, they are “tortured,” twisted, perverted. We have the same use of the word “torture” in our language. This they did by affixing a meaning to his words which he never intended, so as to injure him. All their thoughts are against me for evil - All their plans, devices, purposes. They never seek my good, but always seek to do me harm. return to 'Top of Page'”

“56:5-7 The psalmist specifies his charge against his attackers as he prays for their evil to cease.”

“they: Isa 29:20, Isa 29:21; Mat 22:15, Mat 26:61; Luk 11:54; Joh 2:19; Pe2 3:16 all: Sa1 18:17, Sa1 18:21, Sa1 18:29, Sa1 20:7, Sa1 20:33; Jer 18:18; Luk 22:3-6 Psalms 56:6”

“This second strophe describes the adversaries, and ends in imprecation, the fire of anger being kindled against them. Hitzig's rendering is: "All the time they are injuring my concerns," i.e., injuring my interests. This also sounds unpoetical. Just as we say חמס תורה, to do violence to the Tפra ( Zep 3:4; Eze 22:26), so we can also say: to torture any one's words, i.e., his utterances concerning himself, viz., by misconstruing and twisting them. It is no good to David that he asseverates his innocence, that he asserts his filial faithfulness to Saul, God's anointed; they stretch his testimony concerning himself upon the rack, forcing upon it a false meaning and wrong inferences. They band…”