Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Afflicted saints » Should praise God
But, I, in thy lovingkindness, have put my trust, My heart shall exult in thy salvation:
My wandering, hast, thou, recorded, - Put thou my tears in thy bottle, Are they not in thy record? Then, shall my foes turn back, in the day I cry, This, I know, for God is mine! In God, will I praise with good cause: In Yahweh, will I praise with good cause;
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.
Thou who hast let us see many distresses and misfortunes, Wilt gain bring us to life, And, out of the resounding depths of the earth, wilt again raise us up; Thou wilt increase my greatness, And, on every side, wilt comfort me. I also, will praise thee by the aid of a harp, Thy faithfulness, O my God, - I will make music unto thee with a lyre, Thou holy one of Israel; read more.
My lips shall make a joyful noise, When I make music unto thee, And my soul which thou hast ransomed;
My lips shall make a joyful noise, When I make music unto thee, And my soul which thou hast ransomed;
Enemy » The wickedness of david's
Because, zeal for thy house, hath eaten me up, And, the reproaches of them who have reproached thee, have fallen upon me.
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.
My soul, is in the midst of lions, I lie down amidst flames, As for the sons of men, Their teeth, are spear and arrows, And, their tongue, is a sharp sword.
Surely, from his elevation, they have taken counsel to thrust him down, They accept falsehood, - With his mouth, they each of them bless, But, inwardly, they revile. Selah.
All the day, they wrest, my words, Against me, all their devices are for mischief;
More than the hairs of my head, Are they who hate me without cause, - Firmer than my bones, Are they who are my foes for false cause, - What I had not plundered, then, had I to restore.
For mine enemies have spoken of me, And, they who watch for my life, have taken counsel together;
All the day, have mine enemies, reproached me, And, they who are mad against me, by me, have sworn.
For, the mouth of the lawless one and the mouth of the deceiver, against me, are open, They have spoken to me with false tongue; And, with words of hatred, have they surrounded me, and have made war upon me without cause: For my love, they have been accusing me, while, I, was at prayer: read more.
Yea they have returned unto me - Evil for good; and, Hatred for my love.
Yea they have returned unto me - Evil for good; and, Hatred for my love.
Many a time, have they harassed me from my youth, well may Israel say: Upon my back, have ploughmen ploughed, They have lengthened their furrow!
Net » Figurative
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.
A lawless man craveth the prey of the wicked, but, the root of the righteous, is enduring.
For, indeed, man could not know his own time, like fishes which were caught in a cruel net, and like little birds which were caught in a trap, - like them, were ensnared the sons of men, by a time of misfortune, when it fell upon them suddenly.
Then shall the fishers, lament, And all shall mourn who cast in the Nile a hook, - And they who spread nets on the face of the waters shall languish;
I, could indeed find, to be, more bitter than death, the woman, whose heart is, snares and nets, and her hands, bonds, - whoso is pleasing before God, shall escape from her, but, he that sinneth, shall be captured by her.
And it shall come to pass that there shall stand by it fishers, from En-gedi even unto En-eglaim, places for spreading out nets, shall they be, - after their kind, shall be their fish, like the fish of the great sea exceeding many.
The nations, have sunk, in the pit they had made, In the net which they had hidden, is caught their own foot.
Mine eyes, are continually unto Yahweh, - for, he, bringeth, out of the net, my feet.
The proud have hidden a snare for me, and, cords, have they spread as a net beside the track, Snares, have they set for me. Selah.
He lieth in wait in a hiding-place, like a lion in his covert, He lieth in wait to catch the humbled, He catcheth the humbled, by drawing him into his net:
Whithersoever they go, I will spread over them my net, like a bird of the heavens, will I bring them down, I will chastise them, by the time the report can reach the flock of them.
Wilt thou bring me forth, out of the net which they have hidden for me? For, thou, art my refuge.
For, without cause, have they hid for me, in a ditch, their net, - Without cause, have they digged a pit for my life. There shall reach him a ruin he could not know, - Yea, his own net which he hath hidden, shall capture him, Into that ruin, shall he fall!
They who are lawless, shall fall into the nooses thereof, while, I, at the same time, pass on.
A place for the spreading of nets, shall she become, in the midst of the sea, For, I, have spoken Declareth My Lord. Yahweh,-And she shall become a prey to the nations.
And I will make of thee the glaring face of a cliff. A place for the spreading of nets, shalt thou become, Thou shalt not be but any more, For I. Yahweh have spoken it, Declareth My Lord Yahweh.
Net » A snare for men
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.
Perished is the man of lovingkindness out of the earth, and, upright among men, is there none, - they all, for bloodshed, lie in wait. Every man - for his brother, do they hunt as for one devoted to destruction.
Pit » Figurative
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.
He that misguideth the upright into a hurtful way! into his own pit, he himself, shall fall, but, men of integrity, shall inherit good.
So he brought me up, Out of the destroying pit, Out of the swampy mire, - And set, upon a cliff, my feet, Making firm my steps:
For, a deep chasm, is the unchaste woman, and, a narrow pit, the female unknown;
He that diggeth a pit, thereinto, may fall, - and, he that breaketh through a hedge, there may bite him a serpent.
A pit, he cut out, and digged it, and then fell into the ditch he had made: His mischief, turneth back, on his own head, - and, on his own crown, his violence, descendeth.
Let not a flood of waters overflow me, And let not the depth swallow me up, Neither let the well close, over me, her mouth.
Insolent men digged for me pits, men who are not according to thy law.
He that diggeth a pit, thereinto, shall fall, and, he that rolleth a stone, upon himself, shall it return.
He that fleeth from the face of the terror, Shall fall into the pit, And, he that getteth up out of the pit, Shall be captured by the snare, - For I will bring against her - against Moab, The year of their visitation, Declareth Yahweh.
Punishment of the The Wicked » Often brought about by their evil designs
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.
So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai, - and, the wrath of the king, was appeased.