Psalm 35:8 - Easy To Read Version So, Lord, let them fall into their own traps.\par Let them stumble into their own nets.\par Let some unknown danger catch them.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: Into that very destruction let him fall. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Let destruction befall [my foe] unawares; let the net he hid for me catch him; let him fall into that very destruction. American Standard Version (1901) Let destruction come upon him unawares; And let his net that he hath hid catch himself: With destruction let him fall therein. Common English Bible Let disaster come to them when they don’t suspect it. Let the net they hid catch them instead! Let them fall into it—to their disaster! Catholic Public Domain Version How you have multiplied your mercy, O God! And so the sons of men will hope under the cover of your wings. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version O how hast thou multiplied thy mercy, O God! But the children of men shall put their trust under the covert of thy wings. |
Ahithophel saw that the Israelites did not accept his advice. Ahithophel put a saddle on his donkey and went back to his home town. He made plans for his family and then he hanged himself. After Ahithophel died, the people buried him in his father’s tomb. [101]
So they hanged Haman on the hanging post he had built for Mordecai. Then the king stopped being angry.
My enemies set a trap for me.\par They are trying to trap me.\par They dug a deep pit for me to fall into.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [337]})\i0 \par
But God can shoot his “arrows” too!\par And before they know it,\par the evil people are wounded.\par
Those people from other nations\par dug holes to trap other people.\par But they fell into their own traps.\par Those people hid nets to trap other people.\par But they were caught in those nets.\par
If a person is stubborn and becomes more angry every time people tell him that he is doing wrong, then that person will be destroyed. There is no hope.
The sins of an evil person will trap him. His sins will be like ropes holding him.
“But troubles will come to you.\par You don’t know when it will happen,\par but disaster is coming.\par You will not be able to do anything\par to stop those troubles.\par You will be destroyed so quickly\par that you won’t know what happened!\par
“Be careful! Don’t spend your time drinking and getting drunk. Or don’t be too busy with worldly things. If you do that, you will not be able to think right. And then the end might come when you are not ready.
People will say, “We have peace and we are safe.” At that time destruction will come to them quickly. Destruction will come like the pains of a woman who is having a baby. And those people will not escape.
{But Saul wanted to kill David. Saul thought of a way to trick David.} Saul said to David, “Here is my oldest daughter, Merab. I will let you marry her. Then you can become a powerful soldier. You will be like a son to me! Then you will go and fight the Lord’s battles!” {This was a trick.} Saul was really thinking, “Now I won’t have to kill David. I will let the Philistines kill him for me!”