God’s Word Translation
Psalms 56:6
6They attack, and then they hide. They watch my every step as they wait to take 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.
- 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
4I praise God’s word. I trust God. I am not afraid. What can mere flesh ⌞and blood⌟ do to me? 5All day long my enemies twist my words. Their every thought is an evil plan against me. They attack, and then they hide. They watch my every step as they wait to take my life. 7With the wrong they do, can they escape? O God, angrily make the nations fall. 8(You have kept a record of my wanderings. Put my tears in your bottle. They are already 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 gather together? Why do their people devise useless plots?
- Psalms 59:3They lie in ambush for me right here! Fierce men attack me, O Lord, but not because of any disobedience,
- Psalms 71:10My enemies talk about me. They watch me as they plot to take my life.
- Psalms 140:2They plan evil things in their hearts. They start fights every day.
- Matthew 26:3Then the chief priests and the leaders of the people gathered in the palace of the chief priest Caiaphas.
- Matthew 27:1Early in the morning all the chief priests and the leaders of the people decided to execute Jesus.
- Acts 4:5The next day the Jewish rulers, the leaders, and the experts in Moses’ Teachings met in Jerusalem.
- Acts 23:12In the morning the Jews formed a conspiracy. They asked God to curse them if they ate or drank anything before they had killed Paul.
- Psalms 10:8He waits in ambush in the villages. From his hiding places he kills innocent people. His eyes are on the lookout for victims.
- Psalms 64:2Hide me from the secret plots of criminals, from the mob of troublemakers.
- Daniel 6:4So the other officials and satraps tried to find something to accuse Daniel of in his duties for the kingdom. But they couldn’t find anything wrong because he was trustworthy. No error or fault could be found.
- Psalms 37:32The wicked person watches the righteous person and seeks to kill him.
- Psalms 57:6⌞My enemies⌟ spread out a net to catch me. (My soul is bowed down.) They dug a pit to trap me, but then they fell into it. Selah
- Psalms 89:51Your enemies insulted ⌞me⌟. They insulted your Messiah every step he took.
- Job 14:16Though now you count my steps, you will not keep ⌞a record of⌟ my sins.
- Job 31:4Doesn’t he see my ways and count 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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