Psalm 71:10
New International Version
For my enemies speak against me; those who wait to kill me conspire together.

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

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

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

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

NASB 1995
For my enemies have spoken against me; And those who watch for my life have consulted together,

NASB 1977
For my enemies have spoken against me; And those who watch for my life have consulted together,

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

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

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

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

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because my enemies speak against me and those who watched my soul counselled against me together.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For mine enemies have spoken against me; and they that lay wait for my soul have taken counsel together,

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

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

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
My enemies talk about me. They watch me as they plot to take my life.

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

International Standard Version
For my enemies talk against me; those who seek to kill me plot together

JPS Tanakh 1917
For mine enemies speak concerning me, And they that watch for my soul take counsel together,

Literal Standard Version
For my enemies have spoken against me, | And those watching my soul have taken counsel together,

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

New American Bible
For my enemies speak against me; they watch and plot against me.

NET Bible
For my enemies talk about me; those waiting for a chance to kill me plot my demise.

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

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

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

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

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

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Context
In You, O LORD, I Have Taken Refuge
9Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails. 10For my enemies speak against me, and those who lie in wait for my life conspire, 11saying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”…

Cross References
Matthew 27:1
When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.

Psalm 31:13
For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.

Psalm 41:8
"A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!"

Psalm 56:6
They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.

Psalm 83:3
With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,

Psalm 109:20
May this be the LORD's reward to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me.


Treasury of Scripture

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

and they

Psalm 10:9
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.

Psalm 56:6
They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.

Proverbs 1:11
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

lay wait for [heb.

Psalm 37:32,33
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him…

1 Samuel 19:11
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.

Jeremiah 20:10
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 against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

take

Psalm 2:2
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,

Psalm 83:3
They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.

2 Samuel 17:1
Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:

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Psalm 71
1. David, in confidence of faith, and experience of God's favor, prays both for himself,
10. and against the enemies of his soul
14. He promises constancy
17. He prays for perseverance
19. He praises God, and promises to do it cheerfully














Verse 10. - For mine enemies speak against me. The psalmist's weakness encourages his enemies to make their attacks. They begin by speaking against him - calumniating him (2 Samuel 15:3, 4), and shortly they will proceed to acts. And they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together; or, "they that watch for my soul" (Revised Version).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
For
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

my enemies
אוֹיְבַ֣י (’ō·wy·ḇay)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 341: Hating, an adversary

speak against me,
אָמְר֣וּ (’ā·mə·rū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 559: To utter, say

and those who lie in wait
וְשֹׁמְרֵ֥י (wə·šō·mə·rê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

for my life
נַ֝פְשִׁ֗י (nap̄·šî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

conspire,
נוֹעֲצ֥וּ (nō·w·‘ă·ṣū)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3289: To advise, to deliberate, resolve


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