Psalms 35:7

Without cause they set their net for me; 1 without cause they dug a pit for my life. 1

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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

6May their way be dark and slippery, 1 as the angel of Yahweh chases them. 1

8Let destruction overtake them by surprise. 1 Let the net that they have set catch them. 1 Let them fall into it, to their destruction. 1

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Cross References

Job 18:8For he will be thrown into a net by his own feet; 1 he will walk into a pitfall. 1

Psalms 9:15The nations have sunk down into the pit that they made; 1 their feet are caught in the net that they hid. 1

Psalms 57:7My heart is fixed, God, my heart is fixed; 1 I will sing, yes, I will sing praises. 1

Psalms 69:4Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs on my head; 1 those who would cut me off, being my enemies for wrong reasons, are mighty; 1 what I did not steal, I have to give back. 1

Psalms 140:5The proud have set a trap for me; 1 they have spread a net; 1 they have set a snare for me. Selah 1

John 15:25But this is in order to fulfill the word 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 →

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