Psalms 56:6
They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.
Majority Standard Bible
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In Context
5All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise.
7In spite of such sin, will they escape? In Your anger, O God, cast down the nations.
Cross References
Job 16:10They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.
Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
Psalms 37:32Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,
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 71:10For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire,
Psalms 140:2who devise evil in their hearts and stir up war all day long.
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 →