English Standard Version
Psalms 56:6
6They stir up strife, they lurk; they watch my steps, as they have waited for my life.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)They gather together, They hide, they mark my steps, When they lie in wait for my life.
- New Living Translation (NLT)They come together to spy on me— watching my every step, eager to kill me.
Context of Psalms 56:6
4In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me? 5All day long they injure my cause; all their thoughts are against me for evil. They stir up strife, they lurk; they watch my steps, as they have waited for my life. 7For their crime will they escape? In wrath cast down the peoples, O God! 8You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not 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 do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
- Psalms 59:3For behold, they lie in wait for my life; fierce men stir up strife against me. For no transgression or sin of mine, O Lord,
- Psalms 71:10For my enemies speak concerning me; those who watch for my life consult together
- Psalms 140:2who plan evil things in their heart and stir up wars continually.
- Matthew 26:3Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,
- Matthew 27:1When morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death.
- Acts 4:5On the next day their rulers and elders and scribes gathered together in Jerusalem,
- Acts 23:12When it was day, the Jews made a plot and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
- Psalms 10:8He sits in ambush in the villages; in hiding places he murders the innocent. His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;
- Psalms 64:2Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked, from the throng of evildoers,
- Daniel 6:4Then the high officials and the satraps sought to find a ground for complaint against Daniel with regard to the kingdom, but they could find no ground for complaint or any fault, because he was faithful, and no error or fault was found in him.
- Psalms 37:32The wicked watches for the righteous and seeks to put him to death.
- Psalms 57:6They set a net for my steps; my soul was bowed down. They dug a pit in my way, but they have fallen into it themselves. Selah
- Psalms 89:51with which your enemies mock, O Lord, with which they mock the footsteps of your anointed.
- Job 14:16For then you would number my steps; you would not keep watch over my sin;
- Job 31:4Does not he see my ways and number all my steps?
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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