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.

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  • Luke 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.

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  • Psalms 9:15

    The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.

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  • Proverbs 5:22

    The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.

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  • Psalms 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

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  • Isaiah 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.

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  • 1 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.

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  • Esther 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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