They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
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Gill's Exposition
They gather themselves together,.... And meet in some one place, to contrive ways and means to do hurt, and then assemble together again to put them in execution; as did the Jews with respect to…
Barnes' Notes
They gather themselves together - That is, they do not attack me singly, but they unite their forces; they combine against me. They hide themselves - They lurk in ambush. They do not come upon me…
David, in this psalm, by his faith throws himself into the hands of God, even when he had by his fear and folly thrown himself into the hands of the Philistines; it was when they took him in Gath,…
Cambridge Bible
they hide themselves I.e., lie in wait for me; or according to the Kthibh, set an ambush.Cp. Psa 59:3; Psa 10:8-9.
they mark my steps Like hunters tracking their game. "Go, I pray you," said Saul to…
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