Psalms 56:6
They gather themselves together. They hide themselves. They mark my steps, even as they have waited for my soul.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
5All the day long they wrest my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.
7Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God.
Cross References
Job 16:10They have gaped upon me with their mouth. They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.
Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage, and the peoples meditate vain things (LXX/NT)?
Psalms 37:32A wicked man watches a righteous man, and seeks to kill him.
Psalms 59:3For, lo, they lay in wait for my soul. The mighty gather themselves together against me, not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.
Psalms 71:10For my enemies speak concerning me, and those who watch for my soul take counsel together,
Psalms 140:2[and men] who devise mischievous things in their heart. They gather themselves continually together for war.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 56:2-8
Prayer for Help under Oppression; Confidence in God. 1 Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me. 2 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High. 3 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. 4 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. 5 Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil. 6 They gather themselves together, they hide… Read the whole commentary →