Psalms 57:6
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul was bowed down: they have digged a pit before me; they are fallen into the midst thereof. Selah.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
5Be exalted above the heavens, O God; let thy glory be above all the earth!
7My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing, yea, I will sing psalms.
Cross References
Numbers 14:21But as surely as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of Jehovah!
1 Chronicles 29:10And David blessed Jehovah in the sight of all the congregation; and David said, Blessed be thou, Jehovah, the God of our father Israel, for ever and ever.
Psalms 7:15He digged a pit, and hollowed it out, and is fallen into the hole that he made.
Psalms 9:15The nations are sunk down in the pit [that] they made; in the net that they hid is their own foot taken.
Psalms 42:6My God, my soul is cast down within me; therefore do I remember thee from the land of the Jordan, and the Hermons, from mount Mizar.
Psalms 140:5The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the way-side; they have set traps 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 →