Psalm 59:3

The Passion Translation

See how they set an ambush for my life. They’re fierce men ready to launch their attack against me. O Lord, I’m innocent; protect me!

Cross References

Psalm 140:2

He concocts his secret strategy to divide and harm others, stirring up trouble one against another.

Psalm 2:2

Look at how the power brokers of the world rise up to hold their summit as the rulers scheme and confer together against Yahweh and his Anointed King, saying:

Psalm 38:12

Meanwhile my enemies are out to kill me, plotting my ruin, speaking of my doom as they spend every waking moment planning how to finish me off.

Psalm 56:6

They lurk in the dark, waiting, spying on my movements in secret to take me by surprise, ready to take my life.

Psalm 69:4

I can’t even count all those who hate me for no reason. Many influential men want me silenced, yet I’ve done nothing against them. Must I restore what I never took away?

Proverbs 12:6

The wicked use their words to ambush and accuse, but the lovers of God speak to defend and protect.

Proverbs 24:15

Listen up, you wicked, irreverent ones— don’t harass the lovers of God and don’t invade their resting place.

John 15:25

And all of this has happened to fulfill what is written in their Scriptures: They hated me for no reason.

Acts 23:21

Don’t believe them, because they have forty men lying in wait to ambush Paul. These men have sworn an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him. They’re all waiting for you to agree to their request so they can carry out their plot.”