Psalm 59:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³ Even now they lie in wait for my life; the mighty stir up strife against me. For no transgression or sin of mine, 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ O God, thou hast cast us off, and hast destroyed us; thou hast been angry, and hast had mercy on us.

Psalm 59:3 Cross References

Psalm 140:2

who plan evil things in their minds and stir up wars continually.

Psalm 2:2

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

Psalm 38:12

Those who seek my life lay their snares; those who seek to hurt me speak of ruin and meditate on treachery all day long.

Psalm 56:6

They stir up strife; they lurk; they watch my steps, as they hoped to take my life.

Psalm 69:4

More in number than the hairs of my head are those who hate me without cause; many are those who would destroy me, my enemies who accuse me falsely. What I did not steal, must I now restore?

Proverbs 12:6

The words of the wicked are a deadly ambush, but the speech of the upright delivers them.

Proverbs 24:15

Do not lie in wait like an outlaw against the home of the righteous; do no violence to the place where the righteous live;

Micah 7:2

The faithful have disappeared from the land, and there is no one left who is upright; they all lie in wait for blood, and they hunt each other with nets.

John 15:25

It was to fulfill the word that is written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’

Acts 23:21

But do not be persuaded by them, for more than forty of their men are lying in ambush for him. They have bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink until they kill him. They are ready now and are waiting for your consent.”

1 Samuel 19:1

Saul spoke with his son Jonathan and with all his servants about killing David. But Saul’s son Jonathan took great delight in David.

1 Samuel 24:11

See, my father, see the corner of your cloak in my hand, for by the fact that I cut off the corner of your cloak and did not kill you, you may know for certain that there is no wrong or treason in my hands. I have not sinned against you, though you are hunting me to take my life.

1 Samuel 24:17

He said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have repaid me good, whereas I have repaid you evil.

1 Samuel 26:18

And he added, “Why does my lord pursue his servant? For what have I done? What guilt is on my hands?