Psalms 57:6
They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They have dug a pit before me. They are fallen into the midst of it themselves. Selah.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
5Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, thy glory above all the earth.
7My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed. I will sing, yea, I will sing praises.
Cross References
Numbers 14:21but in very deed, as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of LORD,
1 Chronicles 29:10Therefore David praised LORD before all the assembly. And David said, Blessed be thou, O LORD, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever.
Psalms 7:15He has made a pit, and dug it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
Psalms 9:15The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
Psalms 42:6O my God, my soul is cast down within me. Therefore I remember thee from the land of the Jordan, and the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.
Psalms 140:5The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords. They have spread a net by the wayside. They have set snares for me. Selah.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 57:2-7
Prayer in Affliction. 1 Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast. 2 I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me. 3 He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth. 4 My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose… Read the whole commentary →