Psalm 59:3

Legacy Standard Bible

For behold, they have lain in wait for my soul; Fierce men launch an attack against me, Not for my transgression nor for my sin, O Yahweh,

Cross References

Psalm 140:2

Who think up evil things in their hearts; They continually stir up wars.

Psalm 2:2

The kings of the earth take their stand And the rulers take counsel together Against Yahweh and against His Anointed, saying,

Psalm 38:12

Those who search for my life lay snares for me; And those who seek to do me evil have threatened destruction, And they meditate on deception all day long.

Psalm 56:6

They attack, they lurk, They watch my heels, As they have hoped to take my life.

Psalm 69:4

Those who hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head; Those who would destroy me are powerful, being wrongfully my enemies; What I did not steal, I then have to restore.

Proverbs 12:6

The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, But the mouth of the upright will deliver them.

Proverbs 24:15

¶Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the abode of the righteous; Do not destroy his resting place;

Micah 7:2

The holy one has perished from the land, And there is no upright person among men. All of them lie in wait for bloodshed; Each of them hunts the other with a net.

John 15:25

But this happened to fulfill the word that is written in their Law, ‘They hated Me without cause.’

Acts 23:21

So do not be persuaded by them, for more than forty of them—who have bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they slay him—are lying in wait for him and now they are ready and waiting for the promise from you.”

1 Samuel 19:1

Then Saul spoke with Jonathan his son and all his servants to put David to death. But Jonathan, Saul’s son, greatly delighted in David.

1 Samuel 24:11

Now, my father, see! Indeed, see the edge of your robe in my hand! For in that I cut off the edge of your robe and did not kill you, know and see that there is no evil or transgression in my hand, and I have not sinned against you, though you are lying in wait for my life to take it.

1 Samuel 24:17

And he said to David, “You are more righteous than I; for you have dealt well with me, while I have dealt evil with you.

1 Samuel 26:18

He also said, “Why then is my lord pursuing his servant? For what have I done? Or what evil is in my hand?