those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war.
Psalm 59:3 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul. The mighty gather themselves together against me, not for my disobedience, nor for my sin, LORD. 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. |
those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war.
The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his Messiah, saying,
They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.
They conspire and lurk, watching my steps, they are eager to take my life.
Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn't take away.
The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.
Don't lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don't destroy his resting place:
The godly man has perished out of the earth, and there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; every man hunts his brother with a net.
But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their Torah, 'They hated me without a cause.'
Therefore don't yield to them, for more than forty men lie in wait for him, who have bound themselves under a curse neither to eat nor to drink until they have killed him. Now they are ready, looking for the promise from you.*
Sha'ul spoke to Yonatan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David. But Yonatan, Sha'ul's son, delighted much in David.
Moreover, my father, behold, yes, see the skirt of your robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of your robe, and didn't kill you, know you and see that there is neither evil nor disobedience in my hand, and I have not sinned against you, though you hunt after my life to take it.
He said to David, You are more righteous than I; for you have rendered to me good, whereas I have rendered to you evil.
He said, Why does my lord pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?