Psalms 59:3

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.

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  • Ps 56:6 : 6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.
  • Ps 69:4 : 4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: They that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: That which I took not away I have to restore.
  • 1 Sam 24:11 : 11 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.
  • 1 Sam 24:17 : 17 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.
  • 1 Sam 26:18 : 18 And he said, Wherefore doth my lord pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?
  • Ps 2:2 : 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against Jehovah, and against his anointed, [saying] ,
  • Ps 7:3-6 : 3 O Jehovah my God, if I have done this; If there be iniquity in my hands; 4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (Yea, I have delivered him that without cause was mine adversary;) 5 Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; Yea, let him tread my life down to the earth, And lay my glory in the dust. {{Selah 6 Arise, O Jehovah, in thine anger; Lift up thyself against the rage of mine adversaries, And awake for me; thou hast commanded judgment.
  • Ps 10:9-9 : 9 He lurketh in secret as a lion in his covert; He lieth in wait to catch the poor: He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him in his net. 10 He croucheth, he boweth down, And the helpless fall by his strong ones.
  • Ps 37:32-33 : 32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him. 33 Jehovah will not leave him in his hand, Nor condemn him when he is judged.
  • Ps 38:12 : 12 They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me] ; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.
  • Prov 12:6 : 6 The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood; But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
  • Mic 7:2 : 2 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.
  • John 15:25 : 25 But [this cometh to pass], that the word may be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
  • Acts 4:26-27 : 26 The kings of the earth set themselves in array, And the rulers were gathered together, Against the Lord, and against his Anointed: 27 for of a truth in this city against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together,
  • Acts 23:21 : 21 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.
  • 1 Sam 19:1 : 1 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 59:4
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    4They run and prepare themselves without [my] fault: Awake thou to help me, and behold.

  • Ps 56:5-6
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    83%

    5All the day long they wrest my words: All their thoughts are against me for evil.

    6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.

  • Ps 54:3-4
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    80%

    3For strangers are risen up against me, And violent men have sought after my soul: They have not set God before them. {{Selah

    4Behold, God is my helper: The Lord is of them that uphold my soul.

  • Ps 71:10
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    10For mine enemies speak concerning me; And they that watch for my soul take counsel together,

  • Ps 57:6
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    6They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down: They have digged a pit before me; They are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. {{Selah

  • Ps 86:14
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    14O God, the proud are risen up against me, And a company of violent men have sought after my soul, And have not set thee before them.

  • Ps 55:3
    77%

    3Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked; For they cast iniquity upon me, And in anger they persecute me.

  • Ps 140:4-5
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    77%

    4Keep me, O Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from the violent man: Who have purposed to thrust aside my steps.

    5The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set gins for me. {{Selah

  • Ps 59:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1[For the Chief Musician; [set to] Al-tashheth. [A Psalm] of David. Michtam; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him]. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: Set me on high from them that rise up against me.

    2Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, And save me from the bloodthirsty men.

  • Ps 35:7
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    7For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit; Without cause have they digged [a pit] for my soul.

  • Ps 38:12
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    12They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me] ; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.

  • Ps 141:9
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    9Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, And from the gins of the workers of iniquity.

  • Ps 3:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1[A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son]. Jehovah, how are mine adversaries increased! Many are they that rise up against me.

    2Many there are that say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. {{Selah

  • Ps 17:9
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    9From the wicked that oppress me, My deadly enemies, that compass me about.

  • Jer 18:22-23
    2 verses
    75%

    22Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them; for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

    23Yet, Jehovah, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me; forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight; but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thou with them in the time of thine anger.

  • Ps 25:19
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    19Consider mine enemies, for they are many; And they hate me with cruel hatred.

  • Ps 31:13
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    13For I have heard the defaming of many, Terror on every side: While they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

  • Ps 143:3
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    3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; He hath smitten my life down to the ground: He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.

  • Ps 27:12
    74%

    12Deliver me not over unto the will of mine adversaries: For false witnesses are risen up against me, And such as breathe out cruelty.

  • Ps 38:19
    74%

    19But mine enemies are lively, [and] are strong; And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

  • Jer 5:26
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    26For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.

  • Ps 94:21
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    21They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood.

  • Job 30:13
    74%

    13They mar my path, They set forward my calamity, [Even] men that have no helper.

  • Prov 1:18
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    18And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.

  • Ps 11:2
    74%

    2For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, They make ready their arrow upon the string, That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart;

  • Ps 38:16
    74%

    16For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

  • Ps 70:2
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    2Let them be put to shame and confounded That seek after my soul: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt.

  • Ps 40:14
    74%

    14Let them be put to shame and confounded together That seek after my soul to destroy it: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt.

  • Ps 109:2
    74%

    2For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit have they opened against me: They have spoken unto me with a lying tongue.

  • Lam 1:14
    74%

    14The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand; They are knit together, they are come up upon my neck; He hath made my strength to fail: The Lord hath delivered me into their hands, against whom I am not able to stand.

  • Ps 37:32
    74%

    32The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.

  • Ps 35:4
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    4Let them be put to shame and brought to dishonor that seek after my soul: Let them be turned back and confounded that devise my hurt.

  • Job 16:10
    74%

    10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me.

  • Ps 26:9
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    9Gather not my soul with sinners, Nor my life with men of blood;

  • Ps 142:6
    73%

    6Attend unto my cry; For I am brought very low: Deliver me from my persecutors; For they are stronger than I.

  • Ps 13:4
    73%

    4Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; [Lest] mine adversaries rejoice when I am moved.

  • Ps 31:4
    73%

    4Pluck me out of the net that they have laid privily for me; For thou art my stronghold.

  • Ps 56:2
    73%

    2Mine enemies would swallow me up all the day long; For they are many that fight proudly against me.

  • Ps 64:2
    73%

    2Hide me from the secret counsel of evil-doers, From the tumult of the workers of iniquity;

  • Ps 9:13
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    13Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; Behold my affliction [which I suffer] of them that hate me, Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;

  • Ps 94:16
    73%

    16Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

  • Ps 109:20
    73%

    20This is the reward of mine adversaries from Jehovah, And of them that speak evil against my soul.

  • Ps 140:2
    73%

    2Who devise mischiefs in their heart; Continually do they gather themselves together for war.

  • Jer 20:11
    73%

    11But Jehovah is with me as a mighty one [and] a terrible: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they shall be utterly put to shame, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten.