Psalms 57:6

God has crushed their teeth in their mouth: God has broken the cheek-teeth of the lions. 1

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.

In Context

5which will not hear the voice of charmers, nor heed the + 57:5 Gr. poison. charm prepared skillfully by the wise. 1

7They shall utterly pass away like water running through: he shall bend his bow till they shall fail. 1

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Cross References

Numbers 14:21But as I live and my name is living, so the glory of the Lord shall fill all the earth.

1 Chronicles 29:10And king David blessed the Lord before the congregation, saying, Blessed are you, O Lord God of Israel, our Father, from everlasting and to everlasting.

Psalms 7:15He has opened a pit, and dug it up, and he shall fall into the ditch which he has made. 1

Psalms 9:15The heathen are caught in the destruction which they planned: in the very snare which they hid is their foot taken. 1

Psalms 140:5The righteous shall chasten me with mercy, and reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner anoint my head: for yet shall my prayer also be in their + 140:5 q.d. lest I be injured by them. pleasures. 1

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 →

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