Psalms 57:6

Psalms 57:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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
• New King James Version (NKJV)They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down; They have dug a pit before me; Into the midst of it they themselves have fallen. Selah

Context of Psalms 57:6

4My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down [among] them that breathe out flames, the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. 5Be exalted above the heavens, O God; let thy glory be above all the earth! 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. 7My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing, yea, I will sing psalms. 8Awake, my glory; awake, lute and harp: I will wake the dawn.

Psalms 57:6 word by word

רֶ֤שֶׁת׀ הֵכִ֣ינוּ לִפְעָמַי֮ כָּפַ֪ף נַ֫פְשִׁ֥י כָּר֣וּ לְפָנַ֣י שִׁיחָ֑ה נָפְל֖וּ בְתוֹכָ֣הּ סֶֽלָה׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 57:6

• Psalms 7:15He digged a pit, and hollowed it out, and is fallen into the hole that he made.
• Psalms 9:15The nations are sunk down in the pit [that] they made; in the net that they hid is their own foot taken.
• Psalms 35:7For without cause have they hidden for me their net [in] a pit; without cause they have digged [it] for my soul.
• Psalms 140:5The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the way-side; they have set traps for me. Selah.
• 1 Samuel 23:22Go, I pray you, make yet more sure, and know and see his place where his track is, who has seen him there; for it is told me that he deals very subtilly.
• Proverbs 29:5A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his steps.
• Micah 7:2The godly [man] hath perished out of the land, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood, they hunt every man his brother with a net.
• Psalms 42:6My God, my soul is cast down within me; therefore do I remember thee from the land of the Jordan, and the Hermons, from mount Mizar.
• Psalms 142:3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they hidden a snare for me.
• Psalms 143:4And my spirit is overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
• Matthew 26:37And taking with [him] Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and deeply depressed.

Commentaries on Psalms 57:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6They have prepared a net for my steps - A gin or springe, such as huntsmen put in the places which they know the prey they seek frequents: such, also, as they place in passages in hedges, etc., through which the game creeps. They have digged a pit - Another method of catching game and wild beasts. They dig a pit, cover it over with weak sticks and turf. The beasts, not suspecting danger where none appears, in attempting to walk over it, fall tbrough, and…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6They have prepared a net for my steps - A net for my goings; or, into which I may fall. See the notes at Psalm 9:15. My soul is bowed down - The Septuagint, the Vulgate, and Luther render this in the plural, and in the active form: “They have bowed down my soul;” that is, they have caused my soul to be bowed down. The Hebrew may be correctly rendered, “he pressed down my soul,” - referring to his enemies, and speaking of them in the singular number. They…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-11The psalmist asks for mercy and protection, then expresses trust and confidence in the Lord (Psalm 57:1–4). When the wicked fall into their own traps (Psalm 57:6), the psalmist will praise the Lord (57:7–10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. (Compare Psa 7:15; 9:15, 16).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 57:6

• Enemy
• Malice
• Net
• Pit

In the dictionaries

• Altaschith
• Michtam
• Psalms
• Psalms, Book of
• Song

Commentaries on Psalms 57

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings