Psalms 57:6
“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.”
My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.
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.
My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.
Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
Counter-Arguments
The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.
Cross-References
“Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.”
“The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.”
“The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.”
“The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.”
“He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.”