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.
Psalms 35:8 in other translations
| BSB | May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created. |
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| WEB | Let destruction come on him unawares. Let his net that he has hidden catch himself. Let him fall into that destruction. |
| ASV | Let destruction come upon him unawares; And let his net that he hath hid catch himself: With destruction let him fall therein. |
| YLT | Meet him doth desolation--he knoweth not, And his net that he hid catcheth him, For desolation he falleth into it. |
| DARBY | Let destruction come upon him unawares, and let his net which he hath hidden catch himself: for destruction let him fall therein. |
| BBE | Let destruction come on them without their knowledge; let them be taken themselves in their secret nets, falling into the same destruction. |
| Webster | Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall. |
What does Psalms 35:8 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.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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…
Psalms 35:8 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 35:8
- Psalms 141:9-10
Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity. Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.
- Luke 21:34
And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
- 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.
- Proverbs 5:22
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
- Psalms 57:6
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.
- Isaiah 47:11
Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
- Esther 7:10
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.
- 1 Samuel 18:17
And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the Lord’s battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.
- Psalms 7:15-16
He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
- Psalms 73:18-20
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
- Proverbs 29:1
He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
64:7; 73:18-20; Pr 29:1; Lu 21:34; 1Th 5:3
at unawares. Heb. which he knoweth not of. net.
7:15,16; 57:6; 141:9,10; Pr 5:22
into.
1Sa 18:17; 31:2-4; 2Sa 17:2-4,23; 18:14,15; Es 7:10; Mt 27:3-5
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Context
- 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.
- Psalms 35:9
And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
Psalms 35:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Véngale el quebrantamiento que no sepa, y su red que escondió lo prenda: con quebrantamiento en ella caiga. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Qu’une ruine qu’il n’a pas connue vienne sur lui, et que son filet qu’il a caché le prenne: qu’il y tombe, pour sa ruine. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Über ihn komme Verderben, ohne daß er es wisse, und sein Netz, das er heimlich gelegt hat, fange ihn; zum Verderben falle er hinein! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | quemadmodum multiplicasti misericordiam tuam, Deus. Filii autem hominum in tegmine alarum tuarum sperabunt. |