Albert Barnes Commentary Psalms 57:6

"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" — Psalms 57:6 (ASV)

They have prepared a net for my steps - A net for my paths, or into which I may fall. See the notes at Psalms 9:15.

My soul is bowed down - The Septuagint, the Vulgate, and Luther render this in the plural and in the active form: “They have bowed down my soul;” that is, they have caused my soul to be bowed down. The Hebrew may be correctly rendered, “he pressed down my soul” - referring to his enemies and speaking of them in the singular number.

They have digged a pit before me ... - See Psalms 7:15-16, notes; Psalms 9:15, note; Job 5:13, note.