Psalm 59:3

Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data

"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."

Word-by-Word Analysis

For

אֲרוּ

ʼărûw

H718

lo!

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they

שָׁכַב

shâkab

H7901

to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)

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in

אָרַב

ʼârab

H693

to lurk

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for my

נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh

H5315

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...

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the

גִּבּוֹר

gibbôwr

H1368

powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant

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are

אָסַף

ʼâçaph

H622

to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)

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קִרְאָה

qirʼâh

H7125

an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)

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me not for my

פֶּשַׁע

peshaʻ

H6588

a revolt (national, moral or religious)

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nor for my

חַטָּאָה

chaṭṭâʼâh

H2403

an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender

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O

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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Key Terms in This Verse

transgression H6588

פֶּשַׁע peshaʻ

a revolt (national, moral or religious)

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wait H693

אָרַב ʼârab

to lurk

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lie H7901

שָׁכַב shâkab

to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)

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lo H718

אֲרוּ ʼărûw

lo!

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gathered H622

אָסַף ʼâçaph

to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)

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mighty H1368

גִּבּוֹר gibbôwr

powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant

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sin H2403

חַטָּאָה chaṭṭâʼâh

an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender

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soul H5315

נֶפֶשׁ nephesh

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

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against H7125

קִרְאָה qirʼâh

an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)

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LORD H3068

יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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Cross References

Psalm 56:6 cross-reference

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

Psalm 69:4 cross-reference

They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

1 Samuel 24:11 cross-reference

Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in...

Proverbs 12:6 cross-reference

The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

Micah 7:2 cross-reference

The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

John 15:25 cross-reference

But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

Psalm 38:12 cross-reference

They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

1 Samuel 19:1 cross-reference

And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David.

Acts 23:21 cross-reference

But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: an...

1 Samuel 26:18 cross-reference

And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?

Psalm 2:2 cross-reference

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,

1 Samuel 24:17 cross-reference

And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.

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