Who devise mischiefs in their heart;\par\tab Continually do they gather themselves together for war.
Psalm 59:3 - American Standard Version 2015 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul;\par\tab The mighty gather themselves together against me:\par\tab Not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 O God, you have rejected us, and you have ruined us. You became angry, and yet you have been merciful to us. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version O God, thou hast cast us off, and hast destroyed us; thou hast been angry, and hast had mercy on us. |
Who devise mischiefs in their heart;\par\tab Continually do they gather themselves together for war.
The kings of the earth set themselves,\par\tab And the rulers take counsel together,\par\tab Against Jehovah, and against his anointed, {\i saying},
They also that seek after my life lay snares {\i for me};\par\tab And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things,\par\tab And meditate deceits all the day long.
They gather themselves together, they hide themselves,\par\tab They mark my steps,\par\tab Even as they have waited for my soul.
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head:\par\tab They that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty:\par\tab That which I took not away I have to restore.
The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood;\par\tab But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous;\par\tab Destroy not his resting-place:
The godly man is perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
But {\i this cometh to pass}, that the word may be fulfilled that is written in their law, {\b They hated me without a cause.}
Do not thou therefore yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who have bound themselves under a curse, neither to eat nor to drink till they have slain him: and now are they ready, looking for the promise from thee.
And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should slay David. But Jonathan, Saul's son, delighted much in David.
Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in my hand, and I have not sinned against thee, though thou huntest after my life to take it.
And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I; for thou hast rendered unto me good, whereas I have rendered unto thee evil.
And he said, Wherefore doth my lord pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?