Psalms 35:7

For without cause they hid for me their netpit, Without cause they digged for my soul.

Young's Literal Translation

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

6Their way is darkness and slipperiness, And a messenger of Jehovah their pursuer.

8Meet him doth desolation — he knoweth not, And his net that he hid catcheth him, For desolation he falleth into it.

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Cross References

Job 18:8For he is sent into a net by his own feet, And on a snare he doth walk habitually.

Psalms 9:15Sunk have nations in a pit they made, In a net that they hid hath their foot been captured.

Psalms 57:7Prepared is my heart, O God, Prepared is my heart, I sing and praise.

Psalms 69:4Those hating me without cause Have been more than the hairs of my head, Mighty have been my destroyers, My lying enemies, That which I took not away — I bring back.

Psalms 140:5The proud hid a snare for me — and cords, They spread a net by the side of the path, Snares they have set for me. Selah.

John 15:25but — that the word may be fulfilled that was 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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