The Meaning of Psalms 71:10 Explained

Psalms 71:10

KJV: For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,

YLT: For mine enemies have spoken against me, And those watching my soul have taken counsel together,

Darby: For mine enemies speak against me, and they that watch for my soul consult together,

ASV: For mine enemies speak concerning me; And they that watch for my soul take counsel together,

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Psalms 71:10?

MEANING: What does Psalms 71:10 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Psalms 71:10 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Psalms 71:10?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For mine enemies  speak  against me; and they that lay wait  for my soul  take counsel  together, 

What does Psalms 71:10 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 71:1-12 - "my Trust From My Youth&Rdquo
Some commentators ascribe this psalm to Jeremiah. His pensive, plaintive tone is certainly present in it. But whoever the author, he must have written in his old age, Psalms 71:9; Psalms 71:17-18. One keynote is great and greatly, Psalms 71:19-21; Psalms 71:23; another is all the day, Psalms 71:8; Psalms 71:15; Psalms 71:24.
Old men need have no failure in their buoyancy and gladness, if they will fix their thoughts where the psalmist fixed his. Other subjects will soon wear out, but they who make God's righteousness and salvation their theme will ever have material for meditation and praise. We have here an inexhaustible subject, and one which will keep us young. Let us ask for help, that we may disappoint the calculations of those who hate us, whether men or demons. It is a piteous spectacle when apparently prosperous careers" are overclouded, and age is overwhelmed in catastrophes which there is no time to surmount. But such is not God's way with His loyal servants. His rivers do not end in swamps and marshes, but broaden and deepen till they kiss the mighty ocean. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 71

1  David, in confidence of faith, and experience of God's favor, prays both for himself,
10  and against the enemies of his soul
14  He promises constancy
17  He prays for perseverance
19  He praises God, and promises to do it cheerfully

What do the individual words in Psalms 71:10 mean?

For speak my enemies against me and those who lie in wait for my life take counsel together
כִּֽי־ אָמְר֣וּ אוֹיְבַ֣י לִ֑י וְשֹׁמְרֵ֥י נַ֝פְשִׁ֗י נוֹעֲצ֥וּ יַחְדָּֽו

אָמְר֣וּ  speak 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
אוֹיְבַ֣י  my  enemies 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: אֹיֵב  
Sense: (Qal) enemy.
לִ֑י  against  me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
וְשֹׁמְרֵ֥י  and  those  who  lie  in  wait  for 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct
Root: שָׁמַר  
Sense: to keep, guard, observe, give heed.
נַ֝פְשִׁ֗י  my  life 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: נֶפֶשׁ  
Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.
נוֹעֲצ֥וּ  take  counsel 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: יׄועֵץ 
Sense: to advise, consult, give counsel, counsel, purpose, devise, plan.
יַחְדָּֽו  together 
Parse: Adverb
Root: יַחַד 
Sense: union, unitedness adv.

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