Psalms 35:7

For without cause have they hid for me the pit, even their net, without cause have they digged for my soul.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.

In Context

6Let their way be dark and slippery, the angel of the LORD pursuing them.

8Let destruction come upon him unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself; with destruction let him fall therein.

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Cross References

Job 18:8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon the toils.

Psalms 9:15(9-16) The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

Psalms 57:7(57-8) My heart is stedfast, O God, my heart is stedfast; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises.

Psalms 69:4(69-5) They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; they that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are many; should I restore that which I took not away?

Psalms 140:5(140-6) The 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 35:2-11

Prayer for Divine Protection. 1 Plead my cause, O Lord , with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. 2 Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. 3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. 4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt. 5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the Lord chase… Read the whole commentary →

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