Psalms 35 · Verse 7

Psalms 35:7

For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
Psalms 35:7, King James Version

Psalms 35:7 in other translations

BSBFor without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
WEBFor without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.
ASVFor without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit; Without cause have they digged a pit for my soul.
YLTFor without cause they hid for me their netpit, Without cause they digged for my soul.
DARBYFor without cause have they hidden for me their net in a pit; without cause they have digged it for my soul.
BBEFor without cause they have put a net ready for me secretly, in which to take my soul.
WebsterFor without cause they have hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.

What does Psalms 35:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 35:7-8
7-8. net in a pit--or, "pit of their net"--or, "net-pit," as "holy hill" for "hill of holiness" (Psa 2:6); a figure from hunting (Psa 7:15). Their imprecations on impenitent rebels against God need no vindication; His justice and wrath are for such; His mercy for penitents. Compare Psa 7:16; 11:5, on the peculiar fate of the wicked here noticed.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit - The word שחת shachath, a pit, belongs to the second member of this verse, and the whole should be read thus: For without a cause they have hidden for me their net, without a cause they have digged a pit for my life. They have used every degree and species of cunning and deceit to ruin me.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 35:1-10

It is no new thing for the most righteous men, and the most righteous cause, to meet with enemies. This is a fruit of the old enmity in the seed of the serpent against the Seed of the woman. David in his afflictions, Christ in his sufferings, the church under persecution, and the Christian in the hour temptation, all beseech the Almighty to appear in their behalf, and to vindicate their cause. We are apt to justify…

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Psalms 35:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
חִנָּ֣םchi.Namwithout causeH2600
טָֽמְנוּ\־ta.me.nu-they have hiddenH2934
לִ֭יlifor me
שַׁ֣חַתSha.chat[the] pit ofH7845
רִשְׁתָּ֑םrish.Tamnet theirH7568
חִ֝נָּ֗םchi.Namwithout causeH2600
חָפְר֥וּcha.fe.Ruthey have dugH2658
לְנַפְשִֽׁי\׃le.naf.Shifor life myH5315

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 35:7

  • John 15:25

    But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

  • Psalms 140:5

    The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.

  • Psalms 9:15

    The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

  • Psalms 69:4

    They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

  • Job 18:8

    For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.

  • Psalms 25:3

    Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.

  • Psalms 7:3-5

    O Lord my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands; If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:) Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

  • Psalms 119:85

    The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.

  • Psalms 64:4

    That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
without.
7:3-5; 25:3; 64:4; Joh 15:25
hid.
9:15; 119:85; 140:5; Job 18:8

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Context

  • Psalms 35:6

    Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the Lord persecute them.

  • Psalms 35:7

    For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.

  • Psalms 35:8

    Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

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Psalms 35:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque sin causa escondieron para mí su red en un hoyo; sin causa hicieron hoyo para mi alma.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car, sans cause, ils ont préparé secrètement pour moi leur filet; sans cause, ils ont creusé une fosse pour mon âme.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn ohne Ursache haben sie mir ihr Netz heimlich gelegt, ohne Ursache meiner Seele eine Grube gegraben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Justitia tua sicut montes Dei; judicia tua abyssus multa. Homines et jumenta salvabis, Domine,