Psalms 56:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.”
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“They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.”
King James Version · Public Domain“They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“They assemble, they hide, they watch my heels, When they have expected my soul.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 56:6 — 22 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 14:16For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.
- Job 16:10They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.
- Job 31:4Does He not see my ways and count my every step?
- Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
- Psalms 10:8He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.
- Psalms 37:32Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,
- Psalms 57:6They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah
- Psalms 59:3See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.
- Psalms 64:2Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,
- Psalms 71:10For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire,
- Psalms 89:51how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!
- Psalms 140:2who devise evil in their hearts and stir up war all day long.
- Proverbs 24:15Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, near the dwelling of the righteous; do not destroy his resting place.
- Isaiah 54:15If anyone attacks you, it is not from Me; whoever assails you will fall before you.
- Jeremiah 20:10For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our vengeance upon him.”
- Daniel 6:4Thus the administrators and satraps sought a charge against Daniel concerning the kingdom, but they could find no charge or corruption, because he was trustworthy, and no negligence or corruption was found in him.
- Matthew 26:3At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,
- Matthew 26:57Those who had arrested Jesus led Him away to the house of Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and elders had gathered.
- Matthew 27:1When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.
- Luke 20:20So they watched Him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They were hoping to catch Him in His words in order to hand Him over to the rule and authority of the governor.
- Acts 4:5The next day the rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem,
- Acts 23:12When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
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