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Psalm 57:6

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57:6They have prepared a net to trap me;12

I am discouraged.13

They have dug a pit for me.14

They will fall15 into it!

(Selah)

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Footnotes

  1. 12 Heb “for my feet.”
  2. 13 Heb “my life bends low.” The Hebrew term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) with a pronominal suffix is often equivalent to a pronoun, especially in poetry (see 660 נֶפֶשׁ 4.a).
  3. 14 Heb “before me.”
  4. 15 The perfect form is used rhetorically here to express the psalmist’s certitude. The demise of the enemies is so certain that he can speak of it as already accomplished.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

They set a net for my steps;

my soul was bowed down.

They dug a pit in my way,

but they have fallen into it themselves. Selah

NIVNew International Version (2011)

They spread a net for my feet—

I was bowed down in distress.

They dug a pit in my path—

but they have fallen into it themselves.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They prepared a net for my steps;

I was despondent.

They dug a pit ahead of me,

but they fell into it!

Selah

NLTNew Living Translation

My enemies have set a trap for me.

I am weary from distress.

They have dug a deep pit in my path,

but they themselves have fallen into it.

Interlude

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

They have set a net for my steps;

my soul is bowed down.

They have dug a pit before me;

they have fallen into the midst of it. Selah

KJV 1900King James Version

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.