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 among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. 5Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth. They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have dug a pit before me, into the midst of which they have fallen themselves . Selah. 7My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise. 8Awake, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.

Psalms 57:6 word by word

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

• preparedכּוּןkûn · to establish: establishH3559
• netרֶ֫שֶׁתresheth · netH7568
• stepsפַּ֫עַםpa‛am pa‛ămâh · beatH6471
• soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• downכָּפַףkâphaph · to bendH3721
• dugכָּרָהkârâh · to pierceH3738
• pitשִׁיחָהshîychâh · pitH7882
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• midstתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
• fallenנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• Selahסֶ֫לָהselâh · SelahH5542

Cross-references for Psalms 57:6

• Psalms 7:15He made a pit, and dug it, and hath fallen into the ditch which he made.
• Psalms 9:15The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
• Psalms 35:7For without cause they have hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have dug for my soul.
• Psalms 140:5The proud have hid a trap for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the way side; they have set snares for me. Selah.
• 1 Samuel 23:22Go, 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 to me that he dealeth very subtilly.
• Proverbs 29:5A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
• Micah 7:2The good man hath perished from 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.
• Psalms 42:6O 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 142:3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way in which I walked have they secretly laid a snare for me.
• Psalms 143:4Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
• Matthew 26:37And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.

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
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• Psalms
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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