Psalms 59:3
1 Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.
4 They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold.
5 Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.
- KJV
- For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.
- WEB
- For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul. The mighty gather themselves together against me, not for my disobedience, nor for my sin, LORD.
- ASV
- For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul; The mighty gather themselves together against me: Not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.
- DARBY
- For behold, they lie in wait for my soul; strong ones are gathered against me: not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.
- BLB
- For behold, they lie in wait for my life; the mighty ones gather against me, not [for] my transgression and not [for] my sin, O YHWH.
- ÅB
- For se, de lurer på mitt liv; sterke menn slår seg sammen imot meg, uten misgjerning og uten synd hos meg, Herre!
- OTB
- For se, de har lagt en felle for mitt liv;
Voldsomme menn angriper meg,
Ikke på grunn av noen urett eller synd fra min side, Herre, - B1930
- For se, de lurer på mitt liv; sterke menn slår sig sammen imot mig, uten misgjerning og uten synd hos mig, Herre!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 56:6
They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
Read in contextPsalms 69:4
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
Read in context1 Samuel 24:11
Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.
Read in contextJohn 15:25
But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
Read in contextProverbs 12:6
The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
Read in contextMicah 7:2
The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
Read in contextPsalms 37:32–33
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
Read in contextPsalms 38:12
They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
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