Psalms 35:7
For without cause they have laid for me a snare; Without cause they have digged for me a pit.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
6May their way be dark and slippery, And may the angel of the LORD pursue them!
Cross References
Job 18:8He is brought into the net by his own feet, And he walketh upon snares.
Psalms 9:15The nations have sunk into the pit which they made; In the net, which they hid, is their own foot taken.
Psalms 57:7My heart is strengthened, O God! my heart is strengthened! I will sing, and give thanks.
Psalms 69:4More numerous than the hairs of my head are they who hate me without reason; Mighty are they who seek to destroy me, being my enemies without cause: I must restore what I took not away.
Psalms 140:5The proud have hidden snares and cords for me; They have spread a net by the way-side; They have set traps for me.
John 15:25But this cometh to pass, that the word may be fulfilled that is written in their Law: “They hated me without a cause.”
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 →