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Psalms 56:6
6They hide and they watch me. They watch me wherever I go, and they hope to kill me.
Psalms 56:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
- New International Version (NIV)They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps, hoping to take my life.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They stir up strife, they lurk; they watch my steps, as they have waited for my life.
- New King James Version (NKJV)They gather together, They hide, they mark my steps, When they lie in wait for my life.
Context of Psalms 56:6
4By God's help, I will praise his word. By God's help, I will trust in him. I will not be afraid. People can do nothing to hurt me! 5All the time, they bring trouble on me. They are always thinking of ways to hurt me. They hide and they watch me. They watch me wherever I go, and they hope to kill me. 7God, they want to do wicked things, so punish them! Destroy these people, because you are angry with them. 8Every time that I am upset, you know about it. Put all my tears in your bottle! Yes, write down every tear in your book.
Read all of Psalms 56Psalms 56:6 word by word
יָג֤וּרוּ׀ יִצְפּ֗וֹנוּ הֵ֭מָּה עֲקֵבַ֣י יִשְׁמֹ֑רוּ כַּ֝אֲשֶׁ֗ר קִוּ֥וּ נַפְשִֽׁי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 56:6
- Psalms 2:1Why are nations making plans to turn against the Lord? All their plans will fail!
- Psalms 59:3Look at them! They are waiting to kill me! Cruel men are ready to attack me. Lord, I have not done anything against them, but they still want to kill me.
- Psalms 71:10For my enemies say things against me. They think of ways that they can kill me.
- Psalms 140:2They think of evil ideas to hurt people. They only want to cause trouble!
- Matthew 26:3Then the leaders of the priests and the important Jews met together in the house of the most important priest. His name was Caiaphas.
- Matthew 27:1Early the next morning, all the leaders of the priests and the important Jews met together. They decided how to make the Roman rulers kill Jesus.
- Acts 4:5The next day, the Jewish rulers and other important Jews met together in Jerusalem. The teachers of God's Law met together with them.
- Acts 23:12The next morning, a group of Jews talked together about how they might kill Paul. They agreed to make a promise to God. They would not eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul.
- Psalms 10:8He hides near the villages, so that he can jump out and catch people. He watches in secret to find a weak person that he can kill. He murders people who have done nothing wrong.
- Psalms 64:2When evil men think of ways to hurt me, hide me in a safe place. Those people work together as a group to do wicked things.
- Daniel 6:4The other officers and rulers were jealous. They wanted to find something bad about Daniel so that they could tell the king. They watched how Daniel worked to serve the king. But they could not find that he did any wrong thing. That was because Daniel was good and honest. He always did everything properly.
- Psalms 37:32Evil people wait for a chance to kill righteous people.
- Psalms 57:6My enemies have prepared a trap to catch me. That makes me very upset. They have dug a deep hole on the path where I walk. But they have fallen into it themselves! Selah.
- Psalms 89:51Lord, your enemies insult the king that you have chosen. Wherever I go, they insult me!
- Job 14:16You would watch me carefully, but you would not make a note of my sins.
- Job 31:4God sees all the things that I do. He carefully watches how I live my life.
Commentaries on Psalms 56:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6They gather themselves together - They form cabals; have secret meetings and consultations how they may most effectually destroy me, under the pretense of justice and safety to the state. They hide themselves - They do all secretly. They mark my steps - They are constantly at my heels. They wait for my soul - They lie in wait for my life. Our translators have missed the meaning of נפש nephesh and , - which generally signify the animal life, not the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6They gather themselves together - That is, they do not attack me singly, but they unite their forces; they combine against me. They hide themselves - They lurk in ambush. They do not come upon me openly, but they conceal themselves in places where they cannot be seen, that they may spring upon me suddenly. They mark my steps - They watch me whatever I do. They keep a spy upon me, so that I can never be sure that I am not observed. When they wait for my…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-7The psalmist specifies his charge against his attackers as he prays for their evil to end.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-65-6. A vivid picture of the conduct of malicious enemies.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 56
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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