Psalms 71:10

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
For my enemies talk about me,and those who spy on me plot together,

Hebrew Names Version
For my enemies talk about me. Those who watch for my soul conspire together,

King James Version
For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,

English Standard Version
For my enemies speak concerning me; those who watch for my life consult together

New Century Version
My enemies make plans against me, and they meet together to kill me.

New English Translation
For my enemies talk about me; those waiting for a chance to kill me plot my demise.

Amplified Bible
For my enemies have spoken against me; Those who watch for my life have consulted together,

New American Standard Bible
For my enemies have spoken against me; And those who watch for my life have consulted together,

World English Bible
For my enemies talk about me. Those who watch for my soul conspire together,

Geneva Bible (1587)
For mine enemies speake of mee, and they that lay waite for my soule, take their counsell together,

Legacy Standard Bible
For my enemies have spoken against me;And those who watch my life have counseled together,

Berean Standard Bible
For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire,

Contemporary English Version
My enemies are plotting because they want me dead.

Complete Jewish Bible
For my enemies are talking about me, those seeking my life are plotting together.

Darby Translation
For mine enemies speak against me, and they that watch for my soul consult together,

Easy-to-Read Version
My enemies make plans against me. They have met together and are making plans to kill me.

George Lamsa Translation
For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lie in wait for my soul take counsel together,

Good News Translation
My enemies want to kill me; they talk and plot against me.

Lexham English Bible
For my enemies talk concerning me, and those who watch for my life conspire together,

Literal Translation
For my enemies speak against me; and those who lurk for my soul plot together.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Go not farre fro me, o God: my God, haist the to helpe me.

American Standard Version
For mine enemies speak concerning me; And they that watch for my soul take counsel together,

Bible in Basic English
For my haters are waiting secretly for me; and those who are watching for my soul are banded together in their evil designs,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
For mine enemies speak concerning me, and they that watch for my soul take counsel together,

King James Version (1611)
span data-lang="eng" data-trans="kja" data-ref="psa.71.1" class="versetxt"> [To the chiefe musician, a psalme of Dauid, to bring to remembrance.] Make haste, O God, to deliuer mee, make haste to helpe me, O Lord. Let them be ashamed and confounded that seeke after my soule: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt. Let them be turned backe for a reward of their shame, that say, Aha, aha. Let all those that seeke thee, reioyce, and be glad in thee: and let such as loue thy saluation, say continually, Let God be magnified. But I am poore and needy, make haste vnto me, O God: Thou art my helpe and my deliuerer, O Lord make no tarrying.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For myne enemies speake against me: and they that lay awayte for my soule take their counsayle together.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For mine enemies have spoken against me; and they that lay wait for my soul have taken counsel together,

English Revised Version
For mine enemies speak concerning me; and they that watch for my soul take counsel together,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For myn enemyes seiden of me; and thei that kepten my lijf maden counsel togidere.

Update Bible Version
For my enemies speak concerning me; And those that watch for my soul take counsel together,

Webster's Bible Translation
For my enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,

New King James Version
For my enemies speak against me; And those who lie in wait for my life take counsel together,

New Living Translation
For my enemies are whispering against me. They are plotting together to kill me.

New Life Bible
For those who hate me talk against me. Those who want to kill make plans together.

New Revised Standard
For my enemies speak concerning me, and those who watch for my life consult together.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For mine enemies have spoken of me, And, they who watch for my life, have taken counsel together;

Douay-Rheims Bible
(70-10) For my enemies have spoken against me; and they that watched my soul have consulted together,

Revised Standard Version
For my enemies speak concerning me, those who watch for my life consult together,

Young's Literal Translation
For mine enemies have spoken against me, And those watching my soul have taken counsel together,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
For my enemies have spoken against me; And those who watch for my life have consulted together,

Contextual Overview

¹I run for dear life to God , I'll never live to regret it. Do what you do so well: get me out of this mess and up on my feet. Put your ear to the ground and listen, give me space for salvation. Be a guest room where I can retreat; you said your door was always open! You're my salvation—my vast, granite fortress. ⁴My God, free me from the grip of Wicked, from the clutch of Bad and Bully. You keep me going when times are tough— my bedrock, God , since my childhood. I've hung on you from the day of my birth, the day you took me from the cradle; I'll never run out of praise. Many gasp in alarm when they see me, but you take me in stride. ⁸Just as each day brims with your beauty, my mouth brims with praise. But don't turn me out to pasture when I'm old or put me on the shelf when I can't pull my weight. My enemies are talking behind my back, watching for their chance to knife me. The gossip is: "God has abandoned him. Pounce on him now; no one will help him." ¹²God, don't just watch from the sidelines. Come on! Run to my side! My accusers—make them lose face. Those out to get me—make them look Like idiots, while I stretch out, reaching for you, and daily add praise to praise. I'll write the book on your righteousness, talk up your salvation the livelong day, never run out of good things to write or say. I come in the power of the Lord God , I post signs marking his right-of-way.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

and they: Psalms 10:9, Psalms 56:6, Proverbs 1:11

lay wait for: Heb. watch or observe, Psalms 37:32, Psalms 37:33, 1 Samuel 19:11, Jeremiah 20:10

take: Psalms 2:2, Psalms 83:3, 2 Samuel 17:1-14, Matthew 26:3, Matthew 26:4, Matthew 27:1

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 23:7 - God hath Psalms 31:15 - deliver Psalms 35:15 - in mine Psalms 119:42 - So shall Isaiah 36:4 - What Daniel 9:25 - restore and to build Jerusalem John 11:53 - they

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For mine enemies speak against, me,.... Or "say unto me" y what is expressed in the following verse, "God hath forsaken him"; and so these words are a reason of the above petitions: or "mine enemies speak to me"; or "of me" z; not good, but evil, and so the Targum paraphrases it,

"for mine enemies speak evil against me;''

or concerning me. David had his enemies, and many, as Ahithophel, and others, who spake against him to the people, and thereby drew many with them into rebellion against him; and particularly Shimei spoke against him, and cursed him, calling him a bloody man, a man of Belial,

2 Samuel 16:7;

and they that lay wait for my soul; or "life"; that laid snares for him; or lay in ambush, and sought for an opportunity to take away his life: or "they that keep my soul", or "life" a; that were his bodyguards that were about his person for the preservation of him; and so the Targum seems to understand it;

take counsel together; lay schemes and form plots how to destroy him, as Ahithophel did, 2 Samuel 16:20.

y אמרו לי "dixerunt mihi", Montanus. z "De me loquuti sunt, vel loquuntur", Tigurine version, Junius Tremellius, Gejerus, Michaelis. a שמרי נפשי "custodientes animam meam", Pagninus, Montanus "custodiebant", V. L.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For mine enemies speak against me - That is, they said substantially, as it is stated in Psalms 71:11, that God had forsaken him, and that therefore, they would arise and punish him, or treat him as an outcast from God.

And they that lay wait for my soul - For my life; or, to take my life. The margin here - as the Hebrew - is, “watch,” or “observe.” The “watchers for my life;” that is, they who watch for an opportunity to take my life, or to destroy me.

Take counsel together - About the best means of accomplishing their object.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 71:10. Lay wait for my soul — They seek to destroy my life.