Psalms 57:6
They haue layd a net for my steps: my soule is pressed downe: they haue digged a pit before me, and are fallen into the mids of it. Selah.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
5Exalt thy selfe, O God, aboue the heauen, and let thy glory be vpon all the earth.
7Mine heart is prepared, O God, mine heart is prepared: I will sing and giue prayse.
Cross References
Numbers 14:21Notwithstanding, as I liue, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord.
1 Chronicles 29:10Therefore Dauid blessed the Lord before all the Congregation, and Dauid sayde, Blessed be thou, O Lord God, of Israel our father, for euer and euer.
Psalms 7:15Hee hath made a pitte and digged it, and is fallen into the pit that he made.
Psalms 9:15The heathen are sunken downe in the pit that they made: in the nette that they hid, is their foote taken.
Psalms 42:6My God, my soule is cast downe within me, because I remember thee, from the land of Iorden, and Hermonim, and from the mount Mizar.
Psalms 140:5The proude haue layde a snare for me, and spred a nette with cordes in my pathway, and set grennes for me. 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 →