Psalms 59:3

World English Bible (2000)

For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul. The mighty gather themselves together against me, not for my disobedience, nor for my sin, Yahweh.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 56:6 : 6 They conspire and lurk, watching my steps, they are eager to take my life.
  • Ps 69:4 : 4 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.
  • 1 Sam 24:11 : 11 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 and see that there is neither evil nor disobedience in my hand, and I have not sinned against you, though you hunt for my life to take it.
  • 1 Sam 24:17 : 17 He said to David, "You are more righteous than I; for you have done good to me, whereas I have done evil to you.
  • 1 Sam 26:18 : 18 He said, "Why does 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 take a stand, and the rulers take counsel together, against Yahweh, and against his Anointed, saying,
  • Ps 7:3-6 : 3 Yahweh, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands, 4 if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (yes, if I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary), 5 let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; yes, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah. 6 Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.
  • Ps 10:9-9 : 9 He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless, when he draws him in his net. 10 The helpless are crushed. They collapse. They fall under his strength.
  • Ps 37:32-33 : 32 The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him. 33 Yahweh will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
  • Ps 38:12 : 12 They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.
  • Prov 12:6 : 6 The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.
  • Mic 7:2 : 2 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.
  • John 15:25 : 25 But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, 'They hated me without a cause.'
  • Acts 4:26-27 : 26 The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take council together, against the Lord, and against his Christ.' 27 "For truly, in this city against your holy servant, Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together
  • Acts 23:21 : 21 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."
  • 1 Sam 19:1 : 1 Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David. But Jonathan, Saul's son, delighted much in David.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 59:4
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    4 I have done no wrong, yet they are ready to attack me. Rise up, behold, and help me!

  • Ps 56:5-6
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    83%

    5 All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.

    6 They conspire and lurk, watching my steps, they are eager to take my life.

  • Ps 54:3-4
    2 verses
    80%

    3 For strangers have risen up against me. Violent men have sought after my soul. They haven't set God before them. Selah.

    4 Behold, God is my helper. The Lord is the one who sustains my soul.

  • Ps 71:10
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    10 For my enemies talk about me. Those who watch for my soul conspire together,

  • Ps 57:6
    79%

    6 They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They dig a pit before me. They fall into its midst themselves. Selah.

  • Ps 86:14
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    14 God, the proud have risen up against me. A company of violent men have sought after my soul, and they don't hold regard for you before them.

  • Ps 55:3
    77%

    3 Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked. For they bring suffering on me. In anger they hold a grudge against me.

  • Ps 140:4-5
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    77%

    4 Yahweh, keep me from the hands of the wicked. Preserve me from the violent men who have determined to trip my feet.

    5 The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah.

  • Ps 59:1-2
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    77%

    1 Deliver me from my enemies, my God. Set me on high from those who rise up against me.

    2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity. Save me from the bloodthirsty men.

  • Ps 35:7
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    7 For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.

  • Ps 38:12
    76%

    12 They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.

  • Ps 141:9
    76%

    9 Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of the workers of iniquity.

  • Ps 3:1-2
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    76%

    1 Yahweh, how my adversaries have increased! Many are those who rise up against me.

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

  • Ps 17:9
    76%

    9 from the wicked who oppress me, my deadly enemies, who surround me.

  • Jer 18:22-23
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    75%

    22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you shall bring a troop suddenly on them; for they have dug a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

    23 Yet, Yahweh, you know all their counsel against me to kill me; don't forgive their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from your sight; but let them be overthrown before you; deal you with them in the time of your anger.

  • Ps 25:19
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    19 Consider my enemies, for they are many. They hate me with cruel hatred.

  • Ps 31:13
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    13 For I have heard the slander of many, terror on every side, while they conspire together against me, they plot to take away my life.

  • Ps 143:3
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    3 For the enemy pursues my soul. He has struck my life down to the ground. He has made me live in dark places, as those who have been long dead.

  • Ps 27:12
    74%

    12 Don't deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen up against me, such as breathe out cruelty.

  • Ps 38:19
    74%

    19 But my enemies are vigorous and many. Those who hate me without reason are numerous.

  • Jer 5:26
    74%

    26 For 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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    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, without anyone's help.

  • Prov 1:18
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    18 but these lay wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.

  • Ps 11:2
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    2 For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, that they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

  • Ps 38:16
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    16 For I said, "Don't let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips."

  • Ps 70:2
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    2 Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul. Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.

  • Ps 40:14
    74%

    14 Let them be disappointed and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it. Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt.

  • Ps 109:2
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    2 for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.

  • Lam 1:14
    74%

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

  • Ps 37:32
    74%

    32 The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him.

  • Ps 35:4
    74%

    4 Let those who seek after my soul be disappointed and brought to dishonor. Let those who plot my ruin be turned back and confounded.

  • Job 16:10
    74%

    10 They have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.

  • Ps 26:9
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    9 Don't gather my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloodthirsty men;

  • Ps 142:6
    73%

    6 Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need. deliver me from my persecutors, For they are stronger than me.

  • Ps 13:4
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    4 Lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed against him;" Lest my adversaries rejoice when I fall.

  • Ps 31:4
    73%

    4 Pluck me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, for you are my stronghold.

  • Ps 56:2
    73%

    2 My enemies want to swallow me up all day long, for they are many who fight proudly against me.

  • Ps 64:2
    73%

    2 Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;

  • Ps 9:13
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    13 Have mercy on me, Yahweh. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death;

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    73%

    16 Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers?

  • Ps 109:20
    73%

    20 This is the reward of my adversaries from Yahweh, of those who speak evil against my soul.

  • Ps 140:2
    73%

    2 those who devise mischief in their hearts. They continually gather themselves together for war.

  • Jer 20:11
    73%

    11 But Yahweh is with me as an awesome mighty one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they shall be utterly disappointed, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten.