Verse 7
Psalms 35:7
Free Bible Version
7
For no reason they set a net to catch me; for no reason they dug a pit to trap me.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּֽי חִנָּ֣ם טָֽמְנוּ לִ֭/י שַׁ֣חַת רִשְׁתָּ֑/ם חִ֝נָּ֗ם חָפְר֥וּ לְ/נַפְשִֽׁ/י
English Translation
For they have dug a pit for me in vain; they have hollowed it out for my soul.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 35 Context
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A psalm of David. Oppose my opponents, Lord; fight those who are fighting against me.
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Put your armor on, and pick up your shield. Get ready, come and help me.
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Draw your spear and your javelin, confront those who are chasing me. Tell me, “I am your salvation!”
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Shame them! Humiliate those who are trying to kill me! Turn them back! Disgrace those who are planni...
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Let them be like chaff blown by the wind; let the angel of the Lord drive them away.
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May their path be dark and slippery, with the angel of the Lord chasing them down.
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For no reason they set a net to catch me; for no reason they dug a pit to trap me.
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Let disaster come on them suddenly; let the net they set catch them instead; let the pit they dug tr...
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Then I will be glad in the Lord; I will be happy in his salvation.
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Every part of me will say, Who can compare to you, Lord? You rescue the weak from the strong; the po...
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11
Hostile witnesses stand up to testify against me, accusing me of crimes I don't know anything about.
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12
They pay me back with evil instead of good. I feel like giving up.
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13
But when they were sick, I put on clothes of sackcloth in sympathy. I denied myself through fasting....
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I was upset for them, as if they were my own friends or family; I bowed down in grief as if I was mo...
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But when I was in trouble, they gathered around and laughed at me. Even strangers I don't know attac...
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16
Like irreligious people mocking a cripple they mock me and call me names, gnashing their teeth at me...
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How long, Lord, will you sit by and just watch? Save me from their vicious attacks; defend the only...
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Don't let my enemies take pleasure in my troubles, those people who hate me and tell lies about me,...
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They are not looking for peace; they invent malicious and deceptive schemes against innocent peace-l...
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They open their mouths wide to make accusations against me, saying, “Look! Look! We saw it with our...
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21
But Lord, you've seen all this! Say something! Don't give up on me, Lord!
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Wake up! Get up and defend me, my Lord and my God (Elohim)! Take up my case and make sure justice is...
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23
Vindicate me, my Lord and my God (Elohim), because you are just and right. Don't let them gloat over...
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Don't let them say to themselves, “Look! We got what we wanted!” Don't let them say, “We completely...
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Make them totally ashamed, all those who are happy for the trouble I'm in. Let those who are celebra...
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Instead let those who are pleased I've been vindicated celebrate and shout for joy. Let them always...
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I will tell others about your character of truth and right, praising you all day long!
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