Psalms 57:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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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“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”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down: They have digged a pit before me; They are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. [Selah”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“A net they have prepared for my steps, Bowed down hath my soul, They have digged before me a pit, They have fallen into its midst. Selah.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 57:6 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 14:21“Yet as surely as I live and as surely as the whole earth is filled with the glory of the LORD,
- 1 Samuel 23:22Please go and prepare further. Investigate and watch carefully where he goes and who has seen him there, for I am told that he is extremely cunning.
- 1 Chronicles 29:10Then David blessed the LORD in the sight of all the assembly and said: “May You be blessed, O LORD, God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.
- 1 Chronicles 29:11Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all.
- Psalms 7:15He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
- Psalms 8:2From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise on account of Your adversaries, to silence the enemy and avenger.
- Psalms 9:15The nations have fallen into a pit of their making; their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
- Psalms 35:7For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
- Psalms 42:6O my God, my soul despairs within me. Therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon— even from Mount Mizar.
- Psalms 108:6Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered.
- Psalms 140:5The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah
- Psalms 142:3Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.
- Psalms 143:4My spirit grows faint within me; my heart is dismayed inside me.
- Psalms 145:14The LORD upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.
- Proverbs 28:10He who leads the upright along the path of evil will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.
- Proverbs 29:5A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
- Micah 7:2The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.
- Matthew 26:37He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.
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