Parallel Verses
NET Bible
They have prepared a net to trap me; I am discouraged. They have dug a pit for me. They will fall into it! (Selah)
New American Standard Bible
My soul is
They
They themselves have
King 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.
Holman Bible
I was despondent.
They dug a pit ahead of me,
but they fell into it!
International Standard Version
They have set a snare for my feet, which makes me depressed. They dug a pit in front of me, but they are the ones who fell into it! Interlude
A Conservative Version
They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They have dug a pit before me. They are fallen into the midst of it themselves. Selah.
American Standard Version
They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down: They have digged a pit before me; They are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. Selah
Amplified
They
My very life was bowed down.
They dug a pit before me;
Into the midst of it they themselves have fallen. Selah.
Bible in Basic English
They have made ready a net for my steps; my soul is bent down; they have made a great hole before me, and have gone down into it themselves. (Selah.)
Darby Translation
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.
Julia Smith Translation
They prepared a net for my steps; my soul was bent down: they dug a pit before me, they fell into the midst of it. Silence.
King James 2000
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 are fallen themselves. Selah.
Lexham Expanded 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
Modern King James verseion
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down; they have dug a pit before me, they have fallen into it. Selah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They have laid a net for my feet, and pressed down my soul: they have digged a pit before me, and are fallen into it themselves. Selah.
New Heart English Bible
They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They dig a pit before me. They fall into its midst themselves. Selah.
The Emphasized Bible
A net, did they fix for my steps, My soul was bowed down, - They digged before me a pit, They fell into the midst thereof! Selah.
Webster
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst of which they have fallen themselves. Selah.
World English Bible
They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They dig a pit before me. They fall into its midst themselves. Selah.
Youngs Literal Translation
A net they have prepared for my steps, Bowed down hath my soul, They have digged before me a pit, They have fallen into its midst. Selah.
Themes
Afflicted saints » Should praise God
Enemy » The wickedness of david's
Punishment of the The Wicked » Often brought about by their evil designs
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 57:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Praise For God's Protection
5 Rise up above the sky, O God! May your splendor cover the whole earth! 6 They have prepared a net to trap me; I am discouraged. They have dug a pit for me. They will fall into it! (Selah) 7 I am determined, O God! I am determined! I will sing and praise you!
Names
Cross References
Psalm 140:5
Proud men hide a snare for me; evil men spread a net by the path; they set traps for me. (Selah)
Psalm 145:14
The Lord supports all who fall, and lifts up all who are bent over.
1 Samuel 23:22-26
Go and make further arrangements. Determine precisely where he is and who has seen him there, for I am told that he is extremely cunning.
Psalm 7:15-16
he digs a pit and then falls into the hole he has made.
Psalm 9:15-16
The nations fell into the pit they had made; their feet were caught in the net they had hidden.
Psalm 35:7-8
I did not harm them, but they hid a net to catch me and dug a pit to trap me.
Psalm 42:6
I am depressed, so I will pray to you while I am trapped here in the region of the upper Jordan, from Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
Psalm 142:3
Even when my strength leaves me, you watch my footsteps. In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me.
Psalm 143:4
My strength leaves me; I am absolutely shocked.
Proverbs 28:10
The one who leads the upright astray in an evil way will himself fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.
Proverbs 29:5
The one who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his steps.
Micah 7:2
Faithful men have disappeared from the land; there are no godly men left. They all wait in ambush so they can shed blood; they hunt their own brother with a net.
Matthew 26:37-38
He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and became anguished and distressed.