Psalms 56:7

Shall they escape by iniquity? Or, In spite of iniquity shall they escape?When their conduct is so inhuman, shall they escape the judgement? Less probable is the rendering of R.V. marg. (for the thought of which cp. Isaiah 28:15), They think to escape by iniquity. But the phrase is obscure, and the emendation pallçs for pallçt adopted by many critics deserves consideration: Weigh unto them(i.e. pay them, cp. Psalms 58:2) according to their iniquity.

in thine anger&c. In anger bring down peoples, O God: humble them by judgement. Cp. Psalms 55:23; Isaiah 63:6. This prayer, it is said, is unsuitable for an individual: it must be the voice of the congregation demanding the humiliation of its proud oppressors. But here, as in Psalms 7:6 ff., the appeal for a particular judgement is absorbed in the desire for a general judgement of the world.