Psalms 35:8

6 Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.

7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.

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.

10 All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

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 which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.

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  • Luke 21:34

    And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

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  • Psalms 9:15

    The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

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  • Proverbs 5:22

    His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

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  • Psalms 57:6

    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.

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  • Isaiah 47:11

    Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 5:3

    For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

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  • Esther 7:10

    So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.

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