Thematic Bible




Thematic Bible



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.

He who leads the upright astray in an evil way
Will himself fall into his own pit,
But the blameless will inherit good.


For a harlot is a deep pit
And an adulterous woman is a narrow well.

He who digs a pit may fall into it, and a serpent may bite him who breaks through a wall.

He has dug a pit and hollowed it out, And has fallen into the hole which he made. His mischief will return upon his own head, And his violence will descend upon his own pate.

May the flood of water not overflow me
Nor the deep swallow me up,
Nor the pit shut its mouth on me.

The arrogant have dug pits for me,
Men who are not in accord with Your law.

He who digs a pit will fall into it,
And he who rolls a stone, it will come back on him.

“The one who flees from the terror
Will fall into the pit,
And the one who climbs up out of the pit
Will be caught in the snare;
For I shall bring upon her, even upon Moab,
The year of their punishment,” declares the Lord.


For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set them ablaze,” says the Lord of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.”


For though the Lord is exalted,
Yet He regards the lowly,
But the haughty He knows from afar.

Our soul is greatly filled
With the scoffing of those who are at ease,
And with the contempt of the proud. Cross references: Psalm 123:1 : Ps 121:1; 141:8 Psalm 123:1 : Ps 2:4; 11:4 Psalm 123:2 : Prov 27:18; Mal 1:6 Psalm 123:2 : Ps 25:15 Psalm 123:3 : Ps 4:1; 51:1 Psalm 123:3 : Neh 4:4; Ps 119:22 Psalm 123:4 : Neh 2:19; Ps 79:4 Psalm 123:4 : Job 12:5; Is 32:9, 11; Amos 6:1 Psalm 123:4 : Neh 4:4; Ps 119:22 end of crossrefs

he is conceited and understands nothing; but he has a morbid interest in controversial questions and disputes about words, out of which arise envy, strife, abusive language, evil suspicions,


The arrogant have dug pits for me,
Men who are not in accord with Your law.

May the arrogant be ashamed, for they subvert me with a lie;
But I shall meditate on Your precepts.



When my spirit was overwhelmed within me,
You knew my path.
In the way where I walk
They have hidden a trap for me.

The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords;
They have spread a net by the wayside;
They have set snares for me. Selah.

Hear this, O priests!
Give heed, O house of Israel!
Listen, O house of the king!
For the judgment applies to you,
For you have been a snare at Mizpah
And a net spread out on Tabor.

The arrogant have dug pits for me,
Men who are not in accord with Your law.

‘For wicked men are found among My people,
They watch like fowlers lying in wait;
They set a trap,
They catch men.

For without cause they hid their net for me;
Without cause they dug a pit for my soul.

The wicked have laid a snare for me,
Yet I have not gone astray from Your precepts.

Keep me from the jaws of the trap which they have set for me,
And from the snares of those who do iniquity.

May an outcry be heard from their houses,
When You suddenly bring raiders upon them;
For they have dug a pit to capture me
And hidden snares for my feet.