Psalms 59:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For, lo, they lie in wait{H8804)} for my soul: the mighty are gathered{H8799)} against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַ֭צִּילֵנִי מִפֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָ֑וֶן וּֽמֵאַנְשֵׁ֥י דָ֝מִ֗ים הוֹשִׁיעֵֽנִי׃

Transliteration

Haṣṣîlēnî from pōʿălê ʾāwen and from ʾanšê dāmîm hôšîʿēnî.

Grammar Details

*Haṣṣîlēnî*: Hiphil imperative with 1st person singular suffix - deliver me
*pōʿălê*: masculine plural construct noun with preposition min- - from workers of
*ʾāwen*: masculine noun - iniquity/wickedness
*ʾanšê*: masculine plural construct noun with preposition min- and conjunction wə- - and from men of
*dāmîm*: masculine plural noun - bloods/bloodshed
*hôšîʿēnî*: Hiphil imperative with 1st person singular suffix - save me

Word Meanings

*ʾāwen*: iniquity/wickedness/trouble/sorrow
*dāmîm*: bloodshed/bloodguilt/blood (plural form often indicates violent bloodshed)
*hôšîʿēnî*: save me/deliver me/help me

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Referenced Verses

Ps 56:6 : 6 They gather themselves together{H8799)}, they hide {H8799)}{H8675)}{H8686)} themselves, they mark{H8799)} my steps, when they wait{H8765)} for my soul.
Ps 69:4 : 4 They that hate{H8802)} me without a cause are more{H8804)} than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy{H8688)} me, being mine enemies{H8802)} wrongfully, are mighty{H8804)}: then I restored{H8686)} that which I took not away{H8804)}.
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{H8764)} to slay{H8687)} him. 33 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn{H8686)} him when he is judged{H8736)}.
Ps 38:12 : 12 They also that seek after my life lay snares{H8762)} for me: and they that seek{H8802)} my hurt speak{H8765)} mischievous things, and imagine{H8799)} 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.

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Ps 59:4
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4They run{H8799)} and prepare{H8709)} themselves without my fault: awake{H8798)} to help{H8800)} me, and behold{H8798)}.
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5Every day they wrest{H8762)} my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
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3For strangers{H8801)} are risen up{H8804)} against me, and oppressors seek{H8765)} after my soul: they have not set{H8804)} God before them. Selah.
4Behold, God is mine helper{H8802)}: the Lord is with them that uphold{H8802)} my soul.
Ps 71:10
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10For mine enemies{H8802)} speak{H8804)} against me; and they that lay wait{H8802)} for my soul take counsel{H8738)} together,
Ps 57:6
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6They have prepared{H8689)} a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down{H8804)}: they have digged{H8804)} a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen{H8804)} themselves. Selah.
Ps 86:14
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14O God, the proud are risen{H8804)} against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought{H8765)} after my soul; and have not set{H8804)} thee before them.
Ps 55:3
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3Because of the voice of the enemy{H8802)}, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast{H8686)} iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate{H8799)} me.
Ps 140:4-5
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4Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
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Ps 59:1-2
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77%
1To the chief Musician{H8764)}, Altaschith{H8686)}, Michtam of David; when Saul sent{H8800)}, and they watched{H8799)} the house to kill him{H8687)}. Deliver{H8685)} me from mine enemies{H8802)}, O my God: defend{H8762)} me from them that rise up{H8693)} against me.
2Deliver{H8685)} me from the workers{H8802)} of iniquity, and save{H8685)} me from bloody men.
Ps 35:7
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7For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged{H8804)} for my soul.
Ps 38:12
76%
12They also that seek after my life lay snares{H8762)} for me: and they that seek{H8802)} my hurt speak{H8765)} mischievous things, and imagine{H8799)} deceits all the day long.
Ps 141:9
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9Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
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1A 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.
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Ps 17:9
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9From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
Jer 18:22-23
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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.
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Ps 25:19
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Ps 31:13
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Ps 27:12
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12Deliver 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
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19But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong{H8804)}: and they that hate{H8802)} me wrongfully are multiplied{H8804)}.
Jer 5:26
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26For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
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21They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
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13They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.
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18And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
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2For, 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%
16For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice{H8799)} over me: when my foot slippeth{H8800)}, they magnify{H8689)} themselves against me.
Ps 70:2
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2Let them be ashamed{H8799)} and confounded{H8799)} that seek{H8764)} after my soul: let them be turned{H8735)} backward, and put to confusion{H8735)}, that desire my hurt.
Ps 40:14
74%
14Let them be ashamed{H8799)} and confounded{H8799)} together that seek{H8764)} after my soul to destroy{H8800)} it; let them be driven{H8735)} backward and put to shame{H8735)} that wish me evil.
Ps 109:2
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2For 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
74%
14The 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
74%
32The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh{H8764)} to slay{H8687)} him.
Ps 35:4
74%
4Let them be confounded and put to shame{H8735)} that seek{H8764)} after my soul: let them be turned{H8735)} back and brought to confusion{H8799)} that devise{H8802)} my hurt.
Job 16:10
74%
10They 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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Ps 142:6
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6Attend 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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4Lest 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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4Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.
Ps 56:2
73%
2Mine enemies{H8802)} would daily swallow{H8804)} me up: for they be many that fight{H8802)} against me, O thou most High.
Ps 64:2
73%
2Hide{H8686)} me from the secret counsel of the wicked{H8688)}; from the insurrection of the workers{H8802)} of iniquity:
Ps 9:13
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13Have 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:
Ps 94:16
73%
16Who will rise up{H8799)} for me against the evildoers{H8688)}? or who will stand up{H8691)} for me against the workers{H8802)} of iniquity?
Ps 109:20
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20Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
Ps 140:2
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2Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war.
Jer 20:11
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11But 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.