Psalms 35:8
6 May their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues.
7 For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.
9 Then my soul will rejoice in the LORD and exult in His salvation.
10 All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.
- KJV
- Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
- WEB
- Let destruction come on him unawares. Let his net that he has hidden catch himself. Let him fall into that destruction.
- ASV
- Let destruction come upon him unawares; And let his net that he hath hid catch himself: With destruction let him fall therein.
- DARBY
- Let destruction come upon him unawares, and let his net which he hath hidden catch himself: for destruction let him fall therein.
- BLB
- Let destruction come upon him [that] he shall not know, and the net that he has hidden, let it catch him; the destruction, let him fall into it!
- ÅB
- La undergang ramme ham uventet,
og la garnet han har lagt ut i det skjulte, fange ham;
la ham falle i det til sin undergang! - OTB
- La ødeleggelse komme over ham når han er uvitende,
Og la nettet han skjulte fange ham;
La ham falle i den samme ødeleggelsen. - B1930
- La ødeleggelse komme over ham, uten at han merker det, og la hans garn som han lønnlig har utlagt, fange ham, la ham falle i det til sin ødeleggelse!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 141:9–10
Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.
Read in contextLuke 21:34
But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
Read in contextPsalms 9:15
The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
Read in contextProverbs 5:22
The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
Read in contextPsalms 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
Read in contextIsaiah 47:11
But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 5:3
While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
Read in contextEsther 7:10
So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
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