Psalms 59:3

59:3 For look, they wait to ambush me; ¹ 

powerful men stalk ²  me,

but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O Lord. ³ 

[59:3]  ¹ tn Heb “my life.”

[59:3]  ² tn The Hebrew verb is from the root גּוּר (gur), which means “to challenge, attack” in Isa 54:15 and “to stalk” (with hostile intent) in Ps 56:8.

[59:3]  ³ sn The point is that the psalmist’s enemies have no justifiable reason for attacking him. He has neither rebelled or sinned against the Lord.