Psalm 56:6

Translations

Modern

They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.

Traditional

They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.

Literal

They gather together, they hide, they mark my steps when they lie in wait for my soul.

Latin

Inhabitabunt, et abscondent; ipsi calcaneum meum observabunt. Sicut sustinuerunt animam meam,

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English

They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.

Notes

Psalms 56:5–7

The psalmist specifies his charge against his attackers as he prays for their evil to end.

Psalms 56:1–13

In this lament, the psalmist first asks for help and then expresses confidence in God. This pattern occurs two times (Psalm 56:1–4, 5–13).

Psalms 51:1–65:13

These psalms of David share a common theme. They reflect on the experience of evil. In Psalm 51, the psalmist admits his wrongdoing and asks for God's forgiveness. Psalms 52–64 express sorrow over specific evils David faced. A song of praise (Psalm 65) brings David's laments to an end.

Theme notes and profiles

David Nehemiah’s Confidence in God

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Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,
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Does He not see my ways and count my every step?
Psalm 89:51
…how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!

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