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Psalm 56

Psa. 56:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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They gather themselves together
guwr (Hebrew #1481)
properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather for hostility (as afraid)
KJV usage: abide, assemble, be afraid, dwell, fear, gather (together), inhabitant, remain, sojourn, stand in awe, (be) stranger, X surely.
Pronounce: goor
Origin: a primitive root
, they hide
tsaphan (Hebrew #6845)
to hide (by covering over); by implication, to hoard or reserve; figuratively to deny; specifically (favorably) to protect, (unfavorably) to lurk
KJV usage: esteem, hide(-den one, self), lay up, lurk (be set) privily, (keep) secret(-ly, place).
Pronounce: tsaw-fan'
Origin: a primitive root
tsaphan (Hebrew #6845)
to hide (by covering over); by implication, to hoard or reserve; figuratively to deny; specifically (favorably) to protect, (unfavorably) to lurk
KJV usage: esteem, hide(-den one, self), lay up, lurk (be set) privily, (keep) secret(-ly, place).
Pronounce: tsaw-fan'
Origin: a primitive root
themselves, they mark
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
a my steps
`aqeb (Hebrew #6119)
from 6117; a heel (as protuberant); hence, a track; figuratively, the rear (of an army)
KJV usage: heel, (horse-)hoof, last, lier in wait (by mistake for 6120), (foot- )step.
Pronounce: aw-kabe'
Origin: or (feminine) hiqqbah {ik-keb-aw'}
, when they wait
qavah (Hebrew #6960)
to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expect
KJV usage: gather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon).
Pronounce: kaw-vaw'
Origin: a primitive root
for my soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
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gather.
Psa. 2:1‑3• 1Why have the heathen raged,{HR}And do the people meditate a vain thing?
2The kings of the earth set themselves,{HR}And the princes have consulted together,{HR}Against Jehovah and against his anointed:
3"Let us break their bands,{HR}And cast away their cords from us."
(Psa. 2:1‑3)
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Psa. 59:3• 3For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul;{HR}Strong ones assemble against me:{HR}Not [for] my transgression, not my sin, Jehovah. (Psa. 59:3)
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Psa. 71:10• 10For mine enemies speak against me,{HR}And those that watch for my soul consult together, (Psa. 71:10)
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Psa. 140:2• 2Who devise evils in heart;{HR}All day they gather [for] wars. (Psa. 140:2)
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Matt. 26:3‑4,57• 3{i}Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together to the palace of the high priest who was called Caiaphas,{/i}
4{i}and took counsel together in order that they might seize Jesus by subtlety and kill him;{/i}
57{i}Now they that had seized Jesus led [him] away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.{/i}
(Matt. 26:3‑4,57)
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Matt. 27:1• 1{i}And when it was morning all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus so that they might put him to death.{/i} (Matt. 27:1)
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Acts 4:5‑6• 5And it came to pass on the morrow that their rulers and elders and scribes
6were gathered together at Jerusalem, and Annas, the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of high priestly lineage,
(Acts 4:5‑6)
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Acts 23:12‑14• 12And when it was day the Jews, having made a combination, put themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
13And those that made the conspiracy were more than forty,
14who therefore came to the high priests and the elders, and said, We have put ourselves under a great curse, to taste nothing until we have killed Paul.
(Acts 23:12‑14)
hide.
mark.

J. N. Darby Translation

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They gather themselves together, they hide themselves; they mark my steps, because they wait for my soul.

W. Kelly Translation

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They gather themselves together, they hide,{HR}They mark my steps while they wait for my soul.