Psalms 35:7
For, without cause, have they hid for me, in a ditch, their net,—Without cause, have they digged [a pit] for my life.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
6Let their way become dark and slippery, with, the messenger of Yahweh, pursuing them.
Cross References
Job 18:8For he is thrust into a net by his own feet, and, upon a trap, he marcheth;
Psalms 9:15The nations, have sunk, in the pit they had made, In the net which they had hidden, is caught their own foot.
Psalms 57:7Fixed is my heart, O God, Fixed is my heart, I will sing, and touch the strings.
Psalms 69:4More than the hairs of my head, Are they who hate me without cause,—Firmer than my bones, Are they who are my foes for false cause,—What I had not plundered, then, had I to restore.
Psalms 140:5The proud have hidden a snare for me, and, cords, have they spread as a net beside the track, Snares, have they set for me. [Selah.]
John 15:25But…that the word which, in their law, is written, might be fulfilled—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 →