Psalms 59:3

For look, they wait to ambush me; ¹  powerful men stalk ²  me, but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O Lord. ³ 

1Sa 19:1; 1Sa 24:11,17; 1Sa 26:18; Ps 2:2; Ps 7:3-6; Ps 10:9,10; Ps 37:32,33; Ps 38:12; Ps 56:6; Ps 69:4; Pr 12:6; Mic 7:2; Joh 15:25; Ac 4:26,27; Ac 23:21

¹ tn Heb “my life.”

² tn The Hebrew verb is from the root גּוּר (gur), which means “to challenge, attack” in Isa 54:15 and “to stalk” (with hostile intent) in Ps 56:8.

³ sn The point is that the psalmist’s enemies have no justifiable reason for attacking him. He has neither rebelled or sinned against the Lord.