Psalm 57:6 “They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit…”

Psalm 57:6

They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They dig a pit before me. They fall into the middle of it themselves. Selah.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

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.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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.

Bible in Basic English

They have made ready a net for my steps; my soul is bent down; they have made a great hole before me, and have gone down into it themselves. (Selah.)

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Cross references

“a net”

Micah 7:2 Psalm 140:5 Proverbs 29:5 1 Samuel 23:22–26 Psalm 7:15 Psalm 7:16

Micah 7:2 · BSB

The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.

Psalm 140:5 · BSB

The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah

Proverbs 29:5 · BSB

A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

1 Samuel 23:22–26 · BSB

Please go and prepare further. Investigate and watch carefully where he goes and who has seen him there, for I am told that he is extremely cunning.

Psalm 7:15 · BSB

He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.

Psalm 7:16 · BSB

His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.

“my soul”

Psalm 142:3 Psalm 42:6 Psalm 143:4 Matthew 26:37 Matthew 26:38

Psalm 142:3 · BSB

Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.

Psalm 42:6 · BSB

O my God, my soul despairs within me. Therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon— even from Mount Mizar.

Psalm 143:4 · BSB

My spirit grows faint within me; my heart is dismayed inside me.

Matthew 26:37 · BSB

He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.

Matthew 26:38 · BSB

Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.”

Also

Psalm 145:14 Proverbs 28:10

Psalm 145:14 · BSB

The LORD upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.

Proverbs 28:10 · BSB

He who leads the upright along the path of evil will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; may Your glory cover all the earth.

7My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast. I will sing and make music.

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