Psalm 57:6 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁶ They set a net for my steps; my soul was bowed down. They dug a pit in my way, but they have fallen into it themselves. Selah

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down: They have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ They set a net for my steps; my very life was bowed down. They dug a pit in my way; into the midst of it they themselves have fallen. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁶ They laid a net for my feet to bring me down; they dug a pit for me, but they fell into it instead! Selah

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ who will not listen to the voice of charmers, nor even to the enchanter who chants wisely.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ Which will not hear the voice of the charmers; nor of the wizard that charmeth wisely.

Psalm 57:6 Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:10

Therefore David blessed the Lord in the presence of all the assembly; and David said: “Blessed art thou, O Lord, the God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.

1 Chronicles 29:11

Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty; for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.

Psalm 108:6

That thy beloved may be delivered, give help by thy right hand, and answer me!

Psalm 140:5

Arrogant men have hidden a trap for me, and with cords they have spread a net, by the wayside they have set snares for me. Selah

Psalm 142:3

When my spirit is faint, thou knowest my way! In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me.

Psalm 143:4

Therefore my spirit faints within me; my heart within me is appalled.

Psalm 145:14

The Lord upholds all who are falling, and raises up all who are bowed down.

Psalm 42:6

and my God. My soul is cast down within me, therefore I remember thee from the land of Jordan and of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.

Psalm 8:2

by the mouth of babes and infants, thou hast founded a bulwark because of thy foes, to still the enemy and the avenger.

Proverbs 28:10

He who misleads the upright into an evil way will fall into his own pit; but the blameless will have a goodly inheritance.

Proverbs 29:5

A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

Micah 7:2

The godly man has perished from the earth, and there is none upright among men; they all lie in wait for blood, and each hunts his brother with a net.

Numbers 14:21

but truly, as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord,