Psalms 57:6 meaning and explanation

They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah

Psalms 57:6, Berean Standard Bible

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Psalm 57 is David's prayer from a cave where he hides from Saul, and verse 6 moves from describing his enemies to describing their collapse. The net and the pit are hunting images, traps set by men whose tongues he has just called sharp swords.

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