Psalms 57:6
They set a net for my feet, but in it was their own foot caught. Before me they dug a pit, but they fell into it themselves. Selah
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5Be exalted, God, o’er the heavens, and your glory o’er all the earth.
7My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast. I would sing, I would make music;
Cross References
Psalms 7:15a pit they have made and dug; but into the hole that they made they will fall.
Psalms 9:15The nations are sunk in the pit which they made, in the net that they hid, their own foot is entangled.
Psalms 42:6I am sunk in my misery; I will therefore call you to mind from the land of Jordan and Hermon, the mountain Mizar.
Psalms 140:5The proud have hidden a trap for me, cords they have spread as a net for my feet: snares they have set at the side of my track. 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 →