Psalms 57:6 KJV
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.
Matthew Henry
- David begins with prayer and complaintAll David's dependence is upon God. The most eminent believers need often repeat the publican's prayer, "God be merciful to me a sinner." But if our souls...
Thompson Chains
- Glorifying GodSee the chain from 1 Chronicles 29:11 · 6 links
- NetStarts here · next Proverbs 1:17 · 3 links
- Snares LaidSee the chain from Psalms 35:7 · 8 links
- Wicked SnaredSee the chain from Job 18:8 · 7 links
Cross References
- Psalms 140:5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
- Psalms 145:14 The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.
- 1 Samuel 23:22–26 Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilly. …
- Psalms 7:15–16 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. …
- Psalms 9:15–16 The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. …
- Psalms 35:7–8 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul. …
- Psalms 42:6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
- Psalms 142:3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
- Psalms 143:4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
- Proverbs 28:10 Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.
- Proverbs 29:5 A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
- Micah 7:2 The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
- Matthew 26:37–38 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. …
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- SelahA word frequently found in the Book of Psalms, and also in Hab 3:9, Hab 3:13, about seventy-four times in all in Scripture. Its meaning...
Hebrew and Strong’s
- They have prepared הֵכִינוּ hēkînû כּוּן Verb · hiphil perfect, third person common plural
- a net רֶשֶׁת rešet רֶשֶׁת Noun · feminine singular
- for my steps לִפְעָמַי lipʿāmay פַּעַם Noun · feminine plural construct · with preposition, suffix: first person common singular
- my soul נַפְשִׁי napšî נֶפֶשׁ Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct · with suffix: first person common singular
- is bowed down כָּפַף kāpap כָּפַף Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular
- they have digged כָּרוּ kārû כָּרָה Verb · qal perfect, third person common plural
- a pit שִׁיחָה šîḥâ שִׁיחָה Noun · feminine singular
- before לְפָנַי lĕpānay פָּנִים Noun · masculine or feminine plural construct · with preposition, suffix: first person common singular
- me, into the midst בְתוֹכָהּ bĕtôkāh תָּוֶךְ Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition, suffix: third person feminine singular
- whereof they are fallen נָפְלוּ nāpĕlû נָפַל Verb · qal perfect, third person common plural
- Selah סֶלָה selâ סֶלָה Interjection
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