King James Version
Psalms 56:6 in the King James Version says “They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 56 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.”
Psalms 56:6 · KJV
In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.
They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.
Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“They gather themselves together”
H1481properly, 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);
“they hide”
H6845to hide (by covering over); by implication, to hoard or reserve; figuratively to deny; specifically (favorably) to protect, (unfavorably) to lurk
“my steps”
H6119a heel (as protuberant); hence, a track; figuratively, the rear (of an army)
“themselves they mark”
H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“when they wait”
H6960to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e., collect; (figuratively) to expect
“for my soul”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
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