Psalm 56:6

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

They attack from ambush, watching my every step and hoping to kill me.

Cross References

Job 14:16

You would take care of me, but not count my sins—

Job 16:10

Everyone is against me; they sneer and slap my face.

Job 31:4

and he keeps a close watch on everything I do.

Psalm 140:2

They think up evil plans and always cause trouble.

Psalm 37:32

The wicked try to trap and kill good people,

Psalm 57:6

Enemies set traps for my feet and struck me down. They dug a pit in my path, but fell in it themselves.

Psalm 59:3

Merciless enemies, LORD, are hiding and plotting, hoping to kill me. I have not hurt them in any way at all.

Psalm 71:10

My enemies are plotting because they want me dead.

Psalm 89:51

I am your chosen one, but your enemies chase and make fun of me.

Proverbs 24:15

Don't be a cruel person who attacks good people and hurts their families.

Isaiah 54:15

I will never send anyone to attack your city, and you will make prisoners of those who do attack.

Jeremiah 20:10

I heard the crowds whisper, “Everyone is afraid. Now's our chance to accuse Jeremiah!” All of my so called friends are just waiting for me to make a mistake. They say, “Perhaps Jeremiah can be tricked. Then we can overpower him and get even at last.”

Daniel 6:4

The other men tried to find something wrong with the way Daniel did his work for the king. But they could not accuse him of anything wrong, because he was honest and faithful and did everything he was supposed to do.

Matthew 26:57

After Jesus had been arrested, he was led off to the house of Caiaphas the high priest. The nation's leaders and the teachers of the Law of Moses were meeting there.

Matthew 27:1

Early the next morning all the chief priests and the nation's leaders met and decided that Jesus should be put to death.

Luke 20:20

Jesus' enemies kept watching him closely, because they wanted to hand him over to the Roman governor. So they sent some men who pretended to be good. But they were really spies trying to catch Jesus saying something wrong.