Psalms 59:3

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 56:6 : 6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
  • Ps 69:4 : 4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, [being] mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored [that] which I took not away.
  • 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 mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.
  • 1 Sam 24:17 : 17 And he said to David, Thou [art] more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
  • 1 Sam 26:18 : 18 And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil [is] in mine hand?
  • Ps 2:2 : 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, [saying],
  • Ps 7:3-6 : 3 O LORD 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 is mine enemy:) 5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take [it]; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah. 6 Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me [to] the judgment [that] thou hast commanded.
  • Ps 10:9-9 : 9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net. 10 He croucheth, [and] humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
  • Ps 37:32-33 : 32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. 33 The LORD 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 imagine deceits all the day long.
  • Prov 12:6 : 6 ¶ The words of the wicked [are] to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
  • Mic 7:2 : 2 The good [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 might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.›
  • Acts 4:26-27 : 26 The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ. 27 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
  • Acts 23:21 : 21 But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.
  • 1 Sam 19:1 : 1 ¶ And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    4 They run and prepare themselves without [my] fault: awake to help me, and behold.

  • Ps 56:5-6
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    5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts [are] against me for evil.

    6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.

  • Ps 54:3-4
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    3 For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.

    4 ¶ Behold, God [is] mine helper: the Lord [is] with them that uphold my soul.

  • Ps 71:10
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    10 For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,

  • Ps 57:6
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    6 They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen [themselves]. Selah.

  • Ps 86:14
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    14 O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent [men] have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.

  • Ps 55:3
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    3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.

  • Ps 140:4-5
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    77%

    4 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.

    5 The 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
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    77%

    1 ¶ To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him. Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.

    2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men.

  • Ps 35:7
    76%

    7 For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit, [which] without cause they have digged for my soul.

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

  • Ps 141:9
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    9 Keep me from the snares [which] they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.

  • Ps 3:1-2
    2 verses
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    1 ¶ A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many [are] they that rise up against me.

    2 Many [there be] which say of my soul, [There is] no help for him in God. Selah.

  • Ps 17:9
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    9 From the wicked that oppress me, [from] my deadly enemies, [who] compass me about.

  • Jer 18:22-23
    2 verses
    75%

    22 Let 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.

    23 Yet, LORD, 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 [thus] with them in the time of thine anger.

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

  • Ps 31:13
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    13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear [was] on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

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

  • Ps 27:12
    74%

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

  • Ps 38:19
    74%

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

  • Jer 5:26
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    26 For among my people are found wicked [men]: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

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

  • Job 30:13
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    13 They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.

  • Prov 1:18
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    18 And they lay wait for their [own] blood; they lurk privily for their [own] lives.

  • Ps 11:2
    74%

    2 For, lo, the wicked bend [their] bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.

  • Ps 38:16
    74%

    16 For I said, [Hear me], lest [otherwise] they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify [themselves] against me.

  • Ps 70:2
    74%

    2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.

  • Ps 40:14
    74%

    14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.

  • Ps 109:2
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    2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.

  • Lam 1:14
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    14 The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, [and] come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into [their] hands, [from whom] I am not able to rise up.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

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

  • Job 16:10
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    10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.

  • Ps 26:9
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    9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:

  • Ps 142:6
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    6 Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.

  • Ps 13:4
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    4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; [and] those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

  • Ps 31:4
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    4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou [art] my strength.

  • Ps 56:2
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    2 Mine enemies would daily swallow [me] up: for [they be] many that fight against me, O thou most High.

  • Ps 64:2
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    2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:

  • Ps 9:13
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    13 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble [which I suffer] of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:

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    16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? [or] who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

  • Ps 109:20
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    20 [Let] this [be] the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.

  • Ps 140:2
    73%

    2 Which imagine mischiefs in [their] heart; continually are they gathered together [for] war.

  • Jer 20:11
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    11 But the LORD [is] with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: [their] everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.