Psalms 56:6

They stalk ¹  and lurk; ²  they watch my every step, ³  as ⁴  they prepare to take my life. ⁵ 

Job 14:16; Job 31:4; Ps 2:1-3; Ps 10:8-10; Ps 37:32; Ps 57:6; Ps 59:3; Ps 64:2-6; Ps 71:10; Ps 89:51; Ps 140:2; Jer 20:10; Da 6:4; Mt 26:3,4,57; Mt 27:1; Lu 20:20; Ac 4:5,6; Ac 23:12-14

¹ tn The verb is from the root גּוּר (gur), which means “to challenge, attack” in Isa 54:15 and “to stalk” (with hostile intent) in Ps 59:3.

² tn Or “hide.”

³ tn Heb “my heels.”

⁴ tn Heb “according to,” in the sense of “inasmuch as; since,” or “when; while.”

⁵ tn Heb “they wait [for] my life.”