Psalm 35:8 Parallel Translations

Let destruction surprise them. Let the net that they hid catch them. Let them fall into their own pit and be destroyed.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

ASV:

Let destruction come upon him unawares; And let his net that he hath hid catch himself: With destruction let him fall therein.

BBE:

Let destruction come on them without their knowledge; let them be taken themselves in their secret nets, falling into the same destruction.

DBY:

Let destruction come upon him unawares, and let his net which he hath hidden catch himself: for destruction let him fall therein.

ERV:

Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: with destruction let him fall therein.

JPS:

Let destruction come upon him unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself; with destruction let him fall therein.

WBS:

Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

WEB:

Let destruction come on him unawares. Let his net that he has hidden catch himself. Let him fall into that destruction.

YLT:

Meet him doth desolation -- he knoweth not, And his net that he hid catcheth him, For desolation he falleth into it.

Psalm 35:8 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 9:15 The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made; In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught.

Psalm 55:23 But You, O God, will bring them down to the pit of destruction; Men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.

Psalm 73:18 Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to destruction.

Isaiah 47:11 "But evil will come on you Which you will not know how to charm away; And disaster will fall on you For which you cannot atone; And destruction about which you do not know Will come on you suddenly.

1 Thessalonians 5:3 While they are saying, "Peace and safety!" then destruction will come upon them suddenly like labor pains upon a woman with child, and they will not escape. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

35:8 Let destruction come upon {f} him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into {g} that very destruction let him fall.
(f) When he promises peace to himself.
(g) Which he prepared against the children of God.

MHC:

35:1-10 It is no new thing for the most righteous men, and the most righteous cause, to meet with enemies. This is a fruit of the old enmity in the seed of the serpent against the Seed of the woman. David in his afflictions, Christ in his sufferings, the church under persecution, and the Christian in the hour temptation, all beseech the Almighty to appear in their behalf, and to vindicate their cause. We are apt to justify uneasiness at the injuries men do us, by our never having given them cause to use us so ill; but this should make us easy, for then we may the more expect that God will plead our cause. David prayed to God to manifest himself in his trial. Let me have inward comfort under all outward troubles, to support my soul. If God, by his Spirit, witness to our spirits that he is our salvation, we need desire no more to make us happy. If God is our Friend, no matter who is our enemy. By the Spirit of prophecy, David foretells the just judgments of God that would come upon his enemies for their great wickedness. These are predictions, they look forward, and show the doom of the enemies of Christ and his kingdom. We must not desire or pray for the ruin of any enemies, except our lusts and the evil spirits that would compass our destruction. A traveller benighted in a bad road, is an expressive emblem of a sinner walking in the slippery and dangerous ways of temptation. But David having committed his cause to God, did not doubt of his own deliverance. The bones are the strongest parts of the body. The psalmist here proposes to serve and glorify God with all his strength. If such language may be applied to outward salvation, how much more will it apply to heavenly things in Christ Jesus!

CONC:

Catch Catcheth Desolation Destruction Ensnare Entangle Fall Falleth Falling Hid Hidden Knoweth Meet Net Nets Overtake Pit Ruin Secret Surprise Themselves Therein Unawares

Catch Catcheth Desolation Destruction Ensnare Entangle Fall Falleth Falling Hid Hidden Meet Net Nets Overtake Pit Ruin Secret Surprise Themselves Therein Unawares

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