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Psalms 59:3

See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.

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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.

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.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּ֤יkiforH3588 →
הִנֵּ֪הhi.Nehhere!H2009 →
אָֽרְב֡וּ'a.re.Vuthey lie in waitH693 →
לְנַפְשִׁ֗יle.naf.Shifor life myH5315 →
יָג֣וּרוּya.Gu.ruthey stir up troubleH1481 →
עָלַ֣י'a.Laion meH5921 →
עַזִ֑ים'a.Zimfierce [people]H5794 →
לֹא־lo'-notH3808 →
פִשְׁעִ֖יfish.'Itransgression myH6588 →
וְלֹא־ve.lo'-and notH3808 →
חַטָּאתִ֣יcha.ta.Tisin myH2403 →
יְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehO YahwehH3068 →

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Psalms 56:6They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.Psalms 69:4Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me— my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.1 Samuel 24:11See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. See and know that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands. I have not sinned against you, even though you are hunting me down to take my life.Daniel 6:7All the royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers, and governors have agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce a decree that for thirty days anyone who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions.John 15:25But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated Me without reason.’Proverbs 12:6The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.Psalms 94:21They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.Psalms 10:9He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.Micah 7:2The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.Psalms 37:32–33Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,Psalms 7:3O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,Psalms 38:12Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.Acts 23:21Do not let them persuade you, because more than forty men are waiting to ambush him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him; they are ready now, awaiting your consent.”Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:1 Samuel 26:18And he continued, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What evil is in my hand?1 Samuel 24:17and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with evil.1 Samuel 19:1Then Saul ordered his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Jonathan delighted greatly in David,Psalms 7:3–6O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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