For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit—see Psalms 7:15 and Psalms 9:15. This figure is derived from hunting. The idea i…

Have they hid ... —Literally, they have hid for me the pit of their net, which, as it stands, can mean nothing but a “pit…

For they have hid for me without a cause. He declares here that he did not take the name of God in vain, nor call upon him for protection …

For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit ,
&c.] This is said in allusion to the custom of digging…

It is nothing new for the most righteous people, and the most righteous cause, to meet with enemies. This is a fruit of the old enmity in the seed …

1. In the preceding psalms, the dignity of the just was made manifest; now help is implored against the persecutions of the wicked.

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