Psalms 35:7

For they wantonly hid their net for me, and dug a pit to destroy me.

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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

6Slippery and dark be their way, with his angel thrusting them on.

8Upon them may ruin come unawares; may the net which they hid catch themselves, and into the pit may they fall.

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Cross References

Psalms 9:15The nations are sunk in the pit which they made, in the net that they hid, their own foot is entangled.

Psalms 57:7My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast. I would sing, I would make music;

Psalms 69:4More than the hairs of my head are those who wantonly hate me. More than my bones in number are those who are falsely my foes. That which I never robbed, how am I then to restore?

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

John 15:25And so is fulfilled what is said in their Law – ‘They hated me without 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 →

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