Key Verse Spotlight
Psalms 35:7 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“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
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase {them}.
Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them. {dark...: Heb. darkness and slipperiness}
For without cause have they hid for me their net {in} a pit, {which} without cause they have digged for my soul.
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}
And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
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