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Psalms 56:6

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

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 56:7.

יָג֤וּרוּyagurvfearגּוּרverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “fear”, an unfinished actionH1481properly, 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 forhostility (as afraid)abide, assemble, be afraid, dwell, fear, gather (together), inhabitant, remain, sojourn, stand in awe, (be) stranger, [idiom] surely.יצפינוytsfynvlurk privilyצָפַןverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “lurk privily”, an unfinished actionH6845to hide (by covering over); by implication, to hoard or reserve; figuratively to deny; specifically (favorably) to protect, (unfavorably) to lurkesteem, hide(-den one, self), lay up, lurk (be set) privily, (keep) secret(-ly, place).יִצְפּ֗וֹנוּyitsponvlurk privilyצָפַןverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “lurk privily”, an unfinished actionH6845to hide (by covering over); by implication, to hoard or reserve; figuratively to deny; specifically (favorably) to protect, (unfavorably) to lurkesteem, hide(-den one, self), lay up, lurk (be set) privily, (keep) secret(-ly, place).הֵ֭מָּהhemahtheyהֵםpronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “they”H1992they (only used when emphatic)it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.עֲקֵבַ֣יaqevayheelעָקֵבnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “heel”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6119a heel (as protuberant); hence, a track; figuratively, the rear (of an army)heel, (horse-) hoof, last, lier in wait (by mistake for H6120 (עָקֵב)), (foot-) step.יִשְׁמֹ֑רוּyishmorvbewardשָׁמַרverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “beward”, an unfinished actionH8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.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).כַּ֝אֲשֶׁ֗רkaasheras becauseאֲשֶׁרpreposition, particle, relative — “as because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…קִוּ֥וּqiuvgatherקָוָהverb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “gather”, a completed actionH6960to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect; (figuratively) to expectgather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon).נַפְשִֽׁיnafshicreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(56-7) They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps; according as they have waited for my soul.

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American Standard Version (1901)

They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.

Young’s Literal Translation

They assemble, they hide, they watch my heels, When they have expected my soul.

World English Bible

They conspire and lurk, watching my steps. They are eager to take my life.

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, and thy glory above all the earth.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(56-7) They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps; according as they have waited for my soul.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

They will dwell near and hide themselves ; they will watch my steps, accordingly as I have waited patiently in my soul.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Παροικήσουσι καὶ κατακρύψουσιν αὐτοὶ, τὴν πτέρναν μου φυλάξουσι· καθάπερ ὑπέμεινα τῇ ψυχῇ μου.