Psalm 59:3 - The Scriptures 1998

³ For look, they have lain in wait for my life; Mighty men assemble against me, For no transgression or sin of mine, O יהוה,

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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 140:2

Who have devised evils in their hearts; They stir up conflicts all day long.

Psalm 2:2

The sovereigns of the earth take their stand, And the rulers take counsel together, Against יהוה  and against His Messiah, and say,

Psalm 38:12

And those seeking my life lay a snare; And those seeking my evil have spoken of destruction, And utter deceit all day long.

Psalm 56:6

They stir up strife, they hide, They watch my steps, As they lie in wait for my life.

Psalm 69:4

Those who hate me without a cause Are more than the hairs of my head; They are mighty who would destroy me, My lying enemies; What I did not steal, I restored.

Proverbs 12:6

The words of the wrong are, “Lie in wait for blood,” But the mouth of the straight delivers them.

Proverbs 24:15

Do not lie in wait, O wrong one, Against the dwelling of the righteous; Do not ravage his resting place;

Micah 7:2

The kind one has perished from the earth, and there is no one straight among men. All of them lie in wait for blood, everyone hunts his brother with a net.

John 15:25

but...that the word might be filled which was written in their Torah, ‘They hated Me without a cause.’

Acts 23:21

“Therefore, do not let them persuade you, for more than forty of them lie in wait for him, men who have bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor to drink until they have killed him. And now they are ready, waiting for the promise from you.”

1 Samuel 19:1

And Sha’ul spoke to Yonathan his son and to all his servants, to put Dawiḏ

1 Samuel 24:11

“And my father, see! Yea, see the corner of your robe in my hand! For in that I cut off the corner of your robe, and did not slay you, know and see that there is neither evil nor rebellion in my hand, and I have not sinned against you, while you are hunting my life to take it.

1 Samuel 24:17

And he said to Dawiḏ

1 Samuel 26:18

And he said, “Why is this that my master is pursuing his servant? For what have I done, or what evil is in my hand?