Even on his bed he makes malicious plans.(A)
He sets himself on a path that is not good,
and he does not reject evil.(B)

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Even on their beds they plot evil;(A)
    they commit themselves to a sinful course(B)
    and do not reject what is wrong.(C)

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They stir up strife,[a] they lurk,
they watch my steps
while they wait to take my life.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 56:6 Or They attack

They conspire,(A) they lurk,
    they watch my steps,(B)
    hoping to take my life.(C)

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14 He always plots evil(A) with perversity in his heart;
he stirs up trouble.(B)

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14     who plots evil(A) with deceit in his heart—
    he always stirs up conflict.(B)

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