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5The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
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When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
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.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)In this , as in other things, David was a type of Christ, that he suffered before he reigned, was humbled before he was exalted, and that as there were many who loved and valued him, and sought to do him honour, so there were many who hated and envied him, and sought to do him mischief, as appears by these verses, where, I. He gives a character of his enemies, and paints them out in their own colo…
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