Psalms 57:6

A net they have prepared for my steps, Bowed down hath my soul, They have digged before me a pit, They have fallen into its midst. Selah.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.

In Context

5Be Thou exalted above the heavens, O God, Above all the earth Thine honour.

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

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Cross References

Numbers 14:21and yet, I live — and it is filled — the whole earth — [with] the honour of Jehovah;

1 Chronicles 29:10And David blesseth Jehovah before the eyes of all the assembly, and David saith, 'Blessed [art] Thou, Jehovah, God of Israel our father, from age even unto age.

Psalms 7:15A pit he hath prepared, and he diggeth it, And he falleth into a ditch he maketh.

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

Psalms 42:6In me doth my soul bow itself, Therefore I remember Thee from the land of Jordan, And of the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.

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.

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 →

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