Psalms 57:6

What does Psalms 57:6 mean?

A plain-English look at Psalms 57:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down: They have digged a pit before me; They are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. [Selah

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down: They have digged a pit before me; They are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. [Selah

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

They have made ready a net for my steps; my soul is bent down; they have made a great hole before me, and have gone down into it themselves. (Selah.)

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

A net they have prepared for my steps, Bowed down hath my soul, They have digged before me a pit, They have fallen into its midst. Selah.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Which will not hear the voice of the charmers; nor of the wizard that charmeth wisely.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul was bowed down: they have digged a pit before me; they are fallen into the midst thereof. Selah.

Context

v.5Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; Let thy glory be above all the earth.

v.6This passage

v.7My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing, yea, I will sing praises.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 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

  • Matthew 26:37

    And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and sore troubled.

  • Psalms 42:6

    O my God, my soul is cast down within me: Therefore do I remember thee from the land of the Jordan, And the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.

  • Proverbs 28:10

    Whoso causeth the upright to go astray in an evil way, He shall fall himself into his own pit; But the perfect shall inherit good.

  • Proverbs 29:5

    A man that flattereth his neighbor Spreadeth a net for his steps.

  • Psalms 143:4

    Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; My heart within me is desolate.

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