Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Afflicted saints » Should praise God
But I have trusted and relied on and been confident in Your lovingkindness and faithfulness;
My heart shall rejoice and delight in Your salvation.
You number and record my wanderings; put my tears into Your bottle -- "are they not in Your book? Then shall my enemies turn back in the day that I cry out; this I know, for God is for me. In God, Whose word I praise, in the Lord, Whose word I praise,
They
My very life was bowed down.
They dug a pit before me;
Into the midst of it they themselves have fallen. Selah.
You Who have shown us [all] troubles great and sore will quicken us again and will bring us up again from the depths of the earth. Increase my greatness (my honor) and turn and comfort me. I will also praise You with the harp, even Your truth and faithfulness, O my God; unto You will I sing praises with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel. read more.
My lips shall shout for joy when I sing praises to You, and my inner being, which You have redeemed.
My lips shall shout for joy when I sing praises to You, and my inner being, which You have redeemed.
Enemy » The wickedness of david's
For zeal for Your house has consumed me,
And the [mocking] insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.
They
My very life was bowed down.
They dug a pit before me;
Into the midst of it they themselves have fallen. Selah.
My life is among lions;
I must lie among those who breathe out fire—
The sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows,
And their tongue a sharp sword.
They consult only to throw him down from his high position [to dishonor him];
They delight in lies.
They bless with [the words of] their mouths,
But inwardly they curse. Selah.
All day long they twist my words and say hurtful things;
All their thoughts are against me for evil.
Those who hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head;
Those who would destroy me are powerful, being my enemies wrongfully;
I am forced to restore what I did not steal.
For my enemies have spoken against me;
Those who watch for my life have consulted together,
My enemies taunt me all day long;
Those who ridicule me use my name as a curse.
For the mouths of the wicked and the mouth of deceit are opened against me; they have spoken to me and against me with lying tongues. They have compassed me about also with words of hatred and have fought against me without a cause. In return for my love they are my adversaries, but I resort to prayer. read more.
And they have rewarded and laid upon me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
And they have rewarded and laid upon me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
Many a time and much have they afflicted me from my youth up -- "let Israel now say -- " Many a time and much have they afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me. The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.
Net » Figurative
They
My very life was bowed down.
They dug a pit before me;
Into the midst of it they themselves have fallen. Selah.
The wicked desire the plunder of evil men,
But the root of the righteous yields richer fruit.
For man also does not know his time [of death]; like fish caught in a treacherous net, and birds caught in the snare, so the sons of men are ensnared in an evil time when a dark cloud suddenly falls on them.
The fishermen will lament (cry out in grief),
And all those who cast a hook into the Nile will mourn,
And those who spread nets upon the waters will languish.
And I discovered that [of all irrational sins none has been so destructive in beguiling one away from God as immoral women for] more bitter than death is the woman whose heart is [composed of] snares and nets, and whose hands are chains. Whoever pleases God will escape from her, but the sinner will be taken captive by her [evil].
And it will come about that fishermen will stand beside it [at the banks of the Dead Sea]; from Engedi to Eneglaim there will be dry places to spread nets. Their fish will be of very many kinds, like the fish of the Great [Mediterranean] Sea.
“For the wicked is thrown into a net by his own feet (wickedness),
And he steps on the webbing [of the lattice-covered pit].
The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made;
In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.
A man who flatters his neighbor [with smooth words intending to do harm]
Is spreading a net for his own feet.
My eyes are continually toward the Lord,
For He will bring my feet out of the net.
The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords;
They have spread a net by the wayside;
They have set traps for me. Selah.
He lurks in a hiding place like a lion in his lair;
He lies in wait to catch the afflicted;
He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net.
When they go, I will spread My net over them;
I will bring them down like birds of the heavens [into Assyrian captivity].
I will chastise them in accordance with the proclamation (prophecy) to their congregation.
You will draw me out of the net that they have secretly laid for me,
For You are my strength and my stronghold.
For without cause they hid for me their net; a pit of destruction without cause they dug for my life. Let destruction befall [my foe] unawares; let the net he hid for me catch him; let him fall into that very destruction.
Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
While I pass by and safely escape [from danger].
Her island in the midst of the sea will become a dry place to spread nets, for I have spoken,’ says the Lord God, ‘and she will become a prey and a spoil for the nations.
I will make you [Tyre] a bare rock; you will be a dry place on which to spread nets. You will never be rebuilt, for I the Lord have spoken,” says the Lord God.
Net » A snare for men
They
My very life was bowed down.
They dug a pit before me;
Into the midst of it they themselves have fallen. Selah.
A man who flatters his neighbor [with smooth words intending to do harm]
Is spreading a net for his own feet.
The godly person [who is faithful and loyal to God] has perished from the earth,
And there is no upright person [one with good character and moral integrity] among men.
They all lie in wait to shed blood;
Each hunts the other with a net.
Pit » Figurative
They
My very life was bowed down.
They dug a pit before me;
Into the midst of it they themselves have fallen. Selah.
He who leads the upright astray on an evil path
Will himself fall into his own pit,
But the blameless will inherit good.
He brought me up out of a horrible pit [of tumult and of destruction], out of the miry clay,
And He set my feet upon a rock, steadying my footsteps and establishing my path.
For a prostitute is a deep pit,
And an immoral woman is a narrow well.
He who digs a pit [for others] may fall into it, and a serpent may bite him who breaks through a [stone] wall.
He made a pit and hollowed it out and has fallen into the hole which he made [before the trap was completed]. His mischief shall fall back in return upon his own head, and his violence come down [with the loose dirt] upon his own scalp.
Do not let the floodwater overwhelm me,
Nor the deep waters swallow me up,
Nor the pit [of Sheol] shut its mouth over me.
The arrogant (godless) have dug pits for me,
Men who do not conform to Your law.
Whoever digs a pit [for another man’s feet] will fall into it,
And he who rolls a stone [up a hill to do mischief], it will come back on him.
“The one who flees from the terror
Will fall into the pit,
And the one who gets up out of the pit
Will be taken and caught in the trap;
For I shall bring upon it, even upon Moab,
The year of their punishment,” says the Lord.
Punishment of the The Wicked » Often brought about by their evil designs
They
My very life was bowed down.
They dug a pit before me;
Into the midst of it they themselves have fallen. Selah.
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s anger subsided.