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Psalms 57:6

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down; They dug a pit before me; They [themselves] have fallen into the midst of it. Selah.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— 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.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— They have prepared a net for my steps; thy soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me; they are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. [Selah]
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— 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.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst of which they have fallen [themselves]. Selah.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul was bowed down: they have digged a pit before me; they are fallen into the midst thereof. Selah.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— A net, did they fix for my steps, My soul was bowed down,—They digged before me a pit, They fell into the midst thereof! [Selah.]
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— 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.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— They prepared a snare for my feet; and they bowed down my soul. They dug a pit before my face, and they are fallen into it.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— They haue layd a net for my steps: my soule is pressed downe: they haue digged a pit before me, and are fallen into the mids of it. Selah.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— They haue prepared a net for my steppes, my soule is bowed downe: they haue digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen [themselues]. Selah.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— They have prepared a net for my feet; they have digged a pit for my soul, into the midst of which they themselves have fallen.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— They have prepared snares for my feet, and have bowed down my soul: they have dug a pit before my face, and fallen into it [themselves]. Pause.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— 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.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
They have prepared 3559
{3559} Prime
כּוּן
kuwn
{koon}
A primitive root; properly to be erect (that is, stand perpendicular);. hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous).
z8689
<8689> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 2675
a net 7568
{7568} Prime
רֶשֶׁת
resheth
{reh'-sheth}
From H3423; a net (as catching animals).
for my steps; 6471
{6471} Prime
פַּעַם
pa`am
{pah'-am}
From H6470; a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications).
my soul 5315
{5315} Prime
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
{neh'-fesh}
From H5314; properly a breathing creature, that is, animal or (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental).
is bowed down: 3721
{3721} Prime
כָּפַף
kaphaph
{kaw-faf'}
A primitive root; to curve.
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
they have digged 3738
{3738} Prime
כָּרָה
karah
{kaw-raw'}
A primitive root; properly to dig; figuratively to plot; generally to bore or open.
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
a pit 7882
{7882} Prime
שִׁיחָה
shiychah
{shee-khaw'}
From H7745; a pit fall.
before 6440
{6440} Prime
פָּנִים
paniym
{paw-neem'}
Plural (but always used as a singular) of an unused noun (פָּנֶה paneh, {paw-neh'}; from H6437); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.).
me, into the midst 8432
{8432} Prime
תָּוֶךְ
tavek
{taw'-vek}
From an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, that is, (by implication) the centre.
whereof they are fallen 5307
{5307} Prime
נָפַל
naphal
{naw-fal'}
A primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitively or causatively, literally or figuratively).
z8804
<8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562
[themselves]. Selà סֶלָה. 5542
{5542} Prime
סֶלָה
celah
{seh'-law}
From H5541; suspension (of music), that is, pause.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Psalms 57:6

_ _ (Compare Psalms 7:15; Psalms 9:15, Psalms 9:16).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 57:1-6.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Psalms 57:6

They have prepared a net for my steps; (g) my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen [themselves]. Selah.

(g) For fear, seeing the great dangers on all sides.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
a net:

Psalms 7:15-16 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch [which] he made. ... His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
Psalms 9:15-16 The heathen are sunk down in the pit [that] they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. ... The LORD is known [by] the judgment [which] he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
Psalms 35:7-8 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.
Psalms 140:5 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.
1 Samuel 23:22-26 Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, [and] who hath seen him there: for it is told me [that] he dealeth very subtilly. ... And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.
Proverbs 29:5 A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
Micah 7:2 The good [man] is perished out of the earth: and [there is] none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

my soul:

Psalms 42:6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
Psalms 142:3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
Psalms 143:4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
Matthew 26:37-38 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. ... Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

1S 23:22. Ps 7:15; 9:15; 35:7; 42:6; 140:5; 142:3; 143:4. Pv 29:5. Mi 7:2. Mt 26:37.

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