Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

For lo! they have lain in wait for my life, Mighty ones stir up strife against me, Without transgression of mine, and without sin of mine, O Yahweh;

New American Standard Bible

For behold, they have set an ambush for my life;
Fierce men launch an attack against me,
Not for my transgression nor for my sin, O Lord,

King James Version

For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.

Holman Bible

Lord, look! They set an ambush for me.
Powerful men attack me,
but not because of any sin or rebellion of mine.

International Standard Version

Look, they lie in ambush for my life; these violent men gather together against me, but not because of any transgression or sin of mine, LORD.

A Conservative Version

For, 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.

American Standard Version

For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul; The mighty gather themselves together against me: Not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.

Amplified


Look! They lie in wait for my life;
Fierce and powerful men [are uniting together to] launch an attack against me,
Not for my wrongdoing nor for any sin of mine, O Lord.

Bible in Basic English

For see, they are watching in secret for my soul; the strong have come together against me? but not because of my sin, or my evil-doing, O Lord.

Darby Translation

For behold, they lie in wait for my soul; strong ones are gathered against me: not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.

Julia Smith Translation

For behold, they lay in wait for my soul: the strong will gather against me; not my transgression and not my sin, O Jehovah.

King James 2000

For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For look, they lie in wait for my life. The mighty attack against me, not [because of] my transgression or my sin, O Yahweh.

Modern King James verseion

For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul; the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For lo, they lie in waiting for my soul; the mighty men are gathered together against me, without any offense or fault of me, O LORD.

NET Bible

For look, they wait to ambush me; powerful men stalk me, but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O Lord.

New Heart English Bible

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

Webster

For lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.

World English Bible

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.

Youngs Literal Translation

For, lo, they laid wait for my soul, Assembled against me are strong ones, Not my transgression nor my sin, O Jehovah.

References

Fausets

Context Readings

God Our Stronghold

2 Rescue me, from the workers of iniquity, And, from the men of bloodshed, save me. 3 For lo! they have lain in wait for my life, Mighty ones stir up strife against me, Without transgression of mine, and without sin of mine, O Yahweh; 4 For no iniquity, do they run that they may take their stand, Rouse thyself to meet me, and see.


Cross References

Psalm 56:6

They stir up strife - they lie hid, They, mark my steps, - Seeing they have waited for my life.

1 Samuel 24:11

But, my father, see, yea, see, the corner of thy robe in my hand, - for, in that I cut off the corner of thy robe, and yet did not slay thee, know thou, and see, that there is not in my hand either wrong or transgression, neither have I sinned against thee, yet art thou hunting my life, to take it.

Psalm 69:4

More than the hairs of my head, Are they who hate me without cause, - Firmer than my bones, Are they who are my foes for false cause, - What I had not plundered, then, had I to restore.

1 Samuel 19:1

Then spake Saul unto Jonathan his son, and unto all his servants, that they should put David to death;

1 Samuel 24:17

And he said unto David, More righteous, art thou than I, for, thou, hast requited me, good, but, I, have requited thee, evil.

1 Samuel 26:18

And he said, Wherefore is it, that my lord is in pursuit of his servant? For what have I done? or what is in my hand that is wrong?

Psalm 2:2

The kings of earth take their station, and, grave men, have met by appointment together, - against Yahweh, and against his Anointed One saying :

Psalm 7:3-6

O Yahweh my God, If I have done this, If there hath been perversity in my hands:

Psalm 10:9-10

He lieth in wait in a hiding-place, like a lion in his covert, He lieth in wait to catch the humbled, He catcheth the humbled, by drawing him into his net:

Psalm 37:32-33

The lawless man, lieth in wait, for the just, and seeketh to put him to death:

Psalm 38:12

Yea they who are seeking my life, have laid snares, and they who are asking my harm, have threatened engulfing ruin, And, deceitful things - all day long, do they mutter.

Proverbs 12:6

The words of the lawless, are - of lying in wait for blood, but, the mouth of the upright, shall deliver them.

Micah 7:2

Perished is the man of lovingkindness out of the earth, and, upright among men, is there none, - they all, for bloodshed, lie in wait. Every man - for his brother, do they hunt as for one devoted to destruction.

John 15:25

But -- that the word which, in their law, is written, might be fulfilled - They hated me without cause.

Acts 4:26-27

The kings of the earth stationed themselves, and, the rulers, were gathered together, with one intent, against the Lord, and against his Christ.

Acts 23:21

Thou, therefore, do not be persuaded by them, for there are lying in wait for him, from among them, more than forty men, - who, indeed, have bound themselves under a curse, neither to eat nor drink, till they have killed him; and, now, are they ready, awaiting the promise, from thee.

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