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Psalm 56:6 KJV
Psalms · chapter 56 · verse 6
They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.Psalm 56:6 · King James Version
Psalm 56:6 in context
4In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
5Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
7Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.
8Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- togethergûwrproperly, to turn aside from the roadH1481 →
- stepsʻâqêba heelH6119 →
- hidetsâphanto hideH6845 →
- markshâmarproperly, to hedge aboutH8104 →
- waitqâvâhto bind togetherH6960 →
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David, in this psalm, by his faith throws himself into the hands of God, even when he had by his fear and folly thrown himself into the hands of the Philistines; it was when they took him in Gath, whither he fled for fear of Saul, forgetting the quarrel they had with him for killing Goliath;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7