Psalm 56:6 - Psalms of David in Metre 1650 (Scottish Psalter)

⁶ They meet, they lurk, they mark my steps, waiting my soul to kill.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they watch my steps, even as they have [expectantly] waited for my life.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.

Common English Bible

⁶ They get together and set an ambush— they are watching my steps, hoping for my death.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Be exalted above the heavens, O God, and your glory above all the earth.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, and thy glory above all the earth.

Psalm 56:6 Cross References

Psalm 140:2

Who in their heart mischievous things are meditating ever; And they for war assembled are continually together.

Psalm 37:32

The wicked man doth watch the just, and seeketh him to slay.

Psalm 57:6

My soul's bow'd down; for they a net have laid, my steps to snare: Into the pit which they have digg'd for me, they fallen are.

Psalm 59:3

For, lo, they for my soul lay wait: the mighty do combine Against me, Lord; not for my fault, nor any sin of mine.

Psalm 71:10

For those that are mine enemies against me speak with hate; And they together counsel take that for my soul lay wait.

Psalm 89:51

Wherewith thy raging enemies reproach'd, O Lord, think on; Wherewith they have reproach'd the steps of thine anointed one.