New King James Version
Psalms 56:6
6They gather together, They hide, they mark my steps, When they lie in wait 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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They stir up strife, they lurk; they watch my steps, as they have waited 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 (I will praise His word), In God I have put my trust; I will not fear. What can flesh do to me? 5All day they twist my words; All their thoughts are against me for evil. They gather together, They hide, they mark my steps, When they lie in wait for my life. 7Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God! 8You number my wanderings; Put my tears into 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 people plot a vain thing?
- Psalms 59:3For look, they lie in wait for my life; The mighty gather against me, Not for my transgression nor for my sin, O Lord.
- Psalms 71:10For my enemies speak against me; And those who lie in wait for my life take counsel together,
- Psalms 140:2Who plan evil things in their hearts; They continually gather together for war.
- Matthew 26:3Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people assembled at the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
- Matthew 27:1When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people plotted against Jesus to put Him to death.
- Acts 4:5And it came to pass, on the next day, that their rulers, elders, and scribes,
- Acts 23:12And when it was day, some of the Jews banded together and bound themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
- Psalms 10:8He sits in the lurking places of the villages; In the secret places he murders the innocent; His eyes are secretly fixed on the helpless.
- Psalms 64:2Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked, From the rebellion of the workers of iniquity,
- Daniel 6:4So the governors and satraps sought to find some charge against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find no charge or fault, because he was faithful; nor was there any error or fault found in him.
- Psalms 37:32The wicked watches the righteous, And seeks to slay him.
- Psalms 57:6They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down; They have dug a pit before me; Into the midst of it they themselves have fallen. Selah
- Psalms 89:51With which Your enemies have reproached, O Lord, With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your anointed.
- Job 14:16For now You number my steps, But do not watch over my sin.
- Job 31:4Does He not 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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