Text -- Psalms 56:6 (NET)

56:6 They stalk and lurk; they watch my every step, as they prepare to take my life.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 56:6

¹ tn The verb is from the root גּוּר (gur), which means “to challenge, attack” in Isa 54:15 and “to stalk” (with hostile intent) in Ps 59:3.

² tn Or “hide.”

³ tn Heb “my heels.”

⁴ tn Heb “according to,” in the sense of “inasmuch as; since,” or “when; while.”

⁵ tn Heb “they wait [for] my life.”