Psalms 56:7

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps, as they wait to take my life.

Additional Resources

Other Translations

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 55:23 : 23 Cast your burden upon the LORD, and He will sustain you. He will never let the righteous be shaken.
  • Ps 94:20-21 : 20 Can a corrupt throne be allied with you—one that brings about trouble under the guise of law? 21 They band together against the life of the righteous and condemn innocent blood.
  • Eccl 8:8 : 8 No one has power over the wind to restrain it, and no one has power over the day of death. No one is discharged in the time of war, and wickedness will not save those who practice it.
  • Isa 28:15 : 15 Because you have said, 'We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have made an agreement. When the overwhelming scourge passes through, it will not reach us, for we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.'
  • Jer 7:10 : 10 and then come and stand before me in this house, which bears my name, and say, ‘We are safe,’ only to go on doing all these detestable things?
  • Jer 10:25 : 25 Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him, destroyed him, and ruined his homeland.
  • Jer 18:19-23 : 19 Listen to me, Lord! Hear what my accusers are saying! 20 Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak on their behalf, to turn Your wrath away from them. 21 So give their children over to famine; hand them over to the power of the sword. Let their wives become childless and widowed, and let their men die by deadly disease; let their young men be struck down in battle. 22 Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring a raiding party upon them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and hidden snares for my feet. 23 But You, Lord, know all their plans to kill me. Do not forgive their wrongdoing, do not blot out their sin from Your sight. Let them collapse before You; deal with them in the time of Your anger.
  • Hab 1:13 : 13 Your eyes are too pure to look on evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the treacherous? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?
  • Ps 36:12 : 12 Let not the foot of pride come upon me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.
  • Ps 55:9 : 9 I would hurry to a place of refuge, away from the stormy wind and tempest.
  • Ps 55:15 : 15 We used to share close communion together; we walked with the crowd in the house of God.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Ps 56:6
    79%

    6All day long they twist my words; all their plans are against me for evil.

  • Ps 5:10
    76%

    10For there is no truth in their mouths; their hearts are filled with destruction. Their throats are open graves; they flatter with their tongues.

  • Ps 69:24
    76%

    24Let their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their bodies always shake and tremble.

  • Jer 18:22-23
    2 verses
    76%

    22Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring a raiding party upon them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and hidden snares for my feet.

    23But You, Lord, know all their plans to kill me. Do not forgive their wrongdoing, do not blot out their sin from Your sight. Let them collapse before You; deal with them in the time of Your anger.

  • Ps 64:7
    75%

    7They devise unjust schemes, saying, 'We have perfected a cunning plan!'; truly the inward mind and heart of man are deep.

  • Ps 69:27-28
    2 verses
    74%

    27For they persecute those you have struck, and they recount the pain of those you have wounded.

    28Add guilt to their guilt, and let them not enter into your righteousness.

  • Ps 56:8
    74%

    8In your anger, O God, cast them down. Hold them accountable for their wickedness.

  • Ps 58:7
    74%

    7Break their teeth in their mouths, O God! LORD, tear out the fangs of those lions.

  • Ps 57:6
    74%

    6Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let Your glory be over all the earth.

  • Ps 73:18
    73%

    18Surely, You place them on slippery ground; You cast them down to destruction.

  • Ps 7:6
    73%

    6then let my enemy chase me, overtake me, trample my life to the ground, and lay my honor in the dust. Selah.

  • Ps 59:11-13
    3 verses
    73%

    11My God of steadfast love will come to meet me; God will let me see my enemies defeated.

    12Do not kill them, Lord, or my people will forget. Scatter them by your power and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.

    13For the sin of their mouths, the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride. For the curses and lies they utter,

  • Ps 55:23
    73%

    23Cast your burden upon the LORD, and He will sustain you. He will never let the righteous be shaken.

  • Ps 2:5
    73%

    5Then He speaks to them in His anger and terrifies them in His wrath:

  • Ps 74:1
    73%

    1A contemplation of Asaph. O God, why have You rejected us forever? Why does Your anger burn against the sheep of Your pasture?

  • Job 18:4
    73%

    4You who tear yourself in anger—for your sake should the earth be abandoned, and the rock moved from its place?

  • Job 27:22
    72%

    22It hurls itself against him without mercy; he flees desperately from its power.

  • Ps 59:3
    72%

    3Deliver me from evildoers, and save me from those who thirst for blood.

  • Ps 149:7
    72%

    7to execute vengeance on the nations and punishments on the peoples,

  • Ps 35:6
    72%

    6Let their way be dark and slippery, as the angel of the Lord pursues them.

  • Ps 55:15
    72%

    15We used to share close communion together; we walked with the crowd in the house of God.

  • Ps 140:10
    72%

    10May the heads of those who surround me be covered with the trouble their lips have caused.

  • Ps 94:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20Can a corrupt throne be allied with you—one that brings about trouble under the guise of law?

    21They band together against the life of the righteous and condemn innocent blood.

  • Lam 3:66
    72%

    66You will pursue them in anger and destroy them from under the heavens of the LORD.

  • Ps 35:24
    72%

    24Vindicate me according to Your righteousness, Lord my God, and do not let them rejoice over me.

  • Ps 55:3
    72%

    3Pay attention to me and answer me. My thoughts are restless, and I am distraught.

  • Ps 85:5
    72%

    5Restore us again, O God of our salvation, and put away your anger toward us.

  • Ps 130:3
    72%

    3If You, LORD, keep a record of iniquities, Lord, who could stand?

  • Ps 108:11
    72%

    11Who will bring me to the fortified city? Who will lead me as far as Edom?

  • Ps 43:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly nation; rescue me from deceitful and unjust people.

    2For You are the God of my refuge; why have You rejected me? Why must I go about mourning under the oppression of my enemy?

  • Ps 21:9
    72%

    9Your hand will find all Your enemies; Your right hand will discover those who hate You.

  • Jer 18:20
    71%

    20Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak on their behalf, to turn Your wrath away from them.

  • Ps 86:14
    71%

    14O God, arrogant people have risen against me; a band of ruthless men seeks my life, and they do not set You before them.

  • Ps 65:3
    71%

    3You who hear prayer, to you all humanity will come.

  • Ps 102:10
    71%

    10For I eat ashes as my food and mix my drink with tears.

  • Lam 3:43
    71%

    43You have covered Yourself with anger and pursued us; You have slain without pity.

  • Isa 26:11
    71%

    11LORD, Your hand is lifted high, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be ashamed; the fire reserved for Your enemies will consume them.

  • Ps 141:9
    71%

    9Keep me from the trap they have set for me and from the snares of those who do evil.

  • Ps 55:19
    71%

    19He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle against me, for many are with me.

  • Hab 3:12
    71%

    12In wrath You marched through the earth; in anger You threshed the nations.

  • Ps 59:5
    71%

    5Without any guilt of mine, they rush in and prepare. Awake to help me; look upon my plight.

  • Ps 94:5
    71%

    5They crush Your people, LORD, and oppress Your inheritance.

  • Ps 144:6
    71%

    6Send forth lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and confuse them.