Psalms 35:7
5 Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.
6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.
For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
9 And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
- KJV
- For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
- WEB
- For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.
- ASV
- For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit; Without cause have they digged [a pit] for my soul.
- DARBY
- For without cause have they hidden for me their net [in] a pit; without cause they have digged [it] for my soul.
- BLB
- For without cause, they have hidden a pit for me—their net; they have dug one for my soul without cause.
- ÅB
- For uten årsak har de i det skjulte lagt ut garnet sitt som en grav for meg;
uten årsak har de gravd en grav for livet mitt. - OTB
- For de satte sitt nett for meg uten grunn;
Uten grunn gravde de en grop for min sjel. - B1930
- For uten årsak har de lønnlig gjort i stand sin garngrav for mig, uten årsak har de gravd en grav for mitt liv. / < d.e. med garn dekket grav.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 15:25
But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
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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.
Read in contextPsalms 9:15
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
Read in contextPsalms 69:4
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
Read in contextJob 18:8
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
Read in contextPsalms 25:3
Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
Read in contextPsalms 7:3–5
O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
Read in contextPsalms 119:85
The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
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