Psalm 71:10
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,"
Word-by-Word Analysis
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
קִרְאָה
qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
עֵצָה
ʻêtsâh
advice; by implication, plan; also prudence
יַחַד
yachad
properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly
Key Terms in This Verse
נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →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)
Study H5315 →דָבַר dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Study H1696 →קִרְאָה qirʼâh
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
Study H7125 →Cross References
They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail ag...
They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
Saul also sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David’s wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
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