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Selected Verse: Psalms 71:10 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 71:10 |
King James |
For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together, |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| The craft and malicious taunts of his enemies now led him to call for aid (compare the terms used, Sa2 17:12; Psa 3:2; Psa 7:2). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
For mine enemies speak against me - That is, they said substantially, as it is stated in Psa 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. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Lay wait for my soul - They seek to destroy my life. |
2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
12 So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one.
11 Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.