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For without cause have they hid their net in a pit for me. Without cause have they dug a pit for my soul.
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The Hunter's Hidden Trap
Commentators explain that the verse uses the imagery of hunting. David's enemies have dug a pit and hidden a net within it, a metaphor for their secret, crafty, and deadly plots. This illustrates the malicious and deceitful nature of the attacks against him, which were designed to entrap and destroy him when he least expected it.
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Psalms
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
Have they hid ... —Literally, they have hid for me the pit of their net, which, as it stands, can mean nothing but a “pit…
16th Century
Protestant
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 …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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 …
13th Century
Catholic
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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