Psalms 57:6
They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down: They have digged a pit before me; They are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. Selah
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In Context
5Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; [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 praises.
Cross References
Numbers 14:21but in very deed, as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of Jehovah;
1 Chronicles 29:10Wherefore David blessed Jehovah before all the assembly; and David said, Blessed be thou, O Jehovah, the God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.
Psalms 7:15He hath made a pit, and digged 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 is their own foot taken.
Psalms 42:6O my God, my soul is cast down within me: Therefore do 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 gins 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 →