Psalms 59:3

David protests that his enemies plot against him though he has done no wrong. He appeals to God on the basis of his innocence in this matter.

Cross-references · 16

• Ps 56:6They conspire and lurk, watching my steps, they are eager to take my life.
• Ps 69:4Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn’t take away.
• 1 Sam 24:11Moreover, my father, behold, yes, see the skirt of your robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of your robe, and didn’t kill you, know and see that there is neither evil nor disobedience in my hand, and I have not sinned against you, though you hunt for my life to take it.
• John 15:25But this happened so that the word may be fulfilled which was written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’
• Prov 12:6The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.
• Mic 7:2The godly man has perished out of the earth, and there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; every man hunts his brother with a net.
• Ps 37:32–33The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him.
• Ps 38:12They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.
• Ps 7:3–6Yahweh, my God, if I have done this, if there is iniquity in my hands,
• 1 Sam 26:18He said, “Why does my lord pursue his servant? For what have I done? What evil is in my hand?
• Acts 23:21Therefore don’t yield to them, for more than forty men lie in wait for him, who have bound themselves under a curse neither to eat nor to drink until they have killed him. Now they are ready, looking for the promise from you.”
• 1 Sam 24:17He said to David, “You are more righteous than I; for you have done good to me, whereas I have done evil to you.
• Ps 2:2The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take counsel together, against Yahweh, and against his Anointed, saying,
• 1 Sam 19:1Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David. But Jonathan, Saul’s son, greatly delighted in David.
• Acts 4:26–27The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take council together, against the Lord, and against his Christ.’
• Ps 10:9–10He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless, when he draws him in his net.

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