Psalms 35:7 · KJV
“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
Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them. {dark...: Heb. darkness and slipperiness}
Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall. {at...: Heb. which he knoweth not of}
Psalms 35 — Context
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase {them}.
6Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them. {dark...: Heb. darkness and slipperiness}
7For without cause have they hid for me their net {in} a pit, {which} without cause they have digged for my soul.
8Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall. {at...: Heb. which he knoweth not of}
9And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
Cross References
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.
Psalms 25:3
Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
Job 18:8
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
Psalms 7:3-5
O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
Psalms 119:85
The proud have digged pits for me, which {are} not after thy law.