Psalms 35:7
“For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.”
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.
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.
And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
Counter-Arguments
The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.
Cross-References
“The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.”
“Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.”
“For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer.”
“He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.”
“He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.”