Psalm 59:3 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

³ 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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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ For, behold, they lie in wait for my life; fierce and mighty men are banding together against me, not for my transgression nor for any sin of mine, O Lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ 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.

Common English Bible

³ Look at how they lie in ambush for my life! Powerful people are attacking me, LORD— but not because of any error or sin of mine.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ O God, you have rejected us, and you have ruined us. You became angry, and yet you have been merciful to us.

Psalm 59:3 Cross References

Psalm 56:6

They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.

Psalm 69:4

They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

1 Samuel 24:11

Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.

Proverbs 12:6

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

John 15:25

But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

Micah 7:2

The good man is perished out of the earth; and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

Acts 23:21

But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.

Psalm 38:12

They also that seek after my life lay snares for me; and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

Psalm 2:2

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his Anointed, saying,

1 Samuel 26:18

And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?

1 Samuel 24:17

And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.

1 Samuel 19:1

And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David.

Psalm 140:2

which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.

Proverbs 24:15

Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place: