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7For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged{H8804)} for my soul.
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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.
But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-10)In these verses we have, I. David’s representation of his case to God, setting forth the restless rage and malice of his persecutors. He was God’s servant, expressly appointed by him to be what he was, followed his guidance, and aimed at his glory in the way of duty, had lived (as St. Paul speaks) in all good conscience before God unto this day ; and yet there were those that strove with him, that…
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