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Psalm 35:7-9
New English Translation
Psalm 35:7-9
New English Translation
7 I did not harm them, but they hid a net to catch me
and dug a pit to trap me.[a]
8 Let destruction take them by surprise.[b]
Let the net they hid catch them.
Let them fall into destruction.[c]
9 Then I will rejoice in the Lord
and be happy because of his deliverance.[d]
Footnotes
- Psalm 35:7 tc Heb “for without cause they hid for me a pit of their net, without cause they dug for my life.” It appears that the words “pit” and “net” have been transposed. “Net” goes with the verb “hid” in the first line (see v. 8, as well as Pss 9:15; 31:4), while “pit” goes with the verb “dug” in the second line (see Ps 7:15).
- Psalm 35:8 tn Heb “let destruction [which] he does not know come to him.” The singular is used of the enemy in v. 8, probably in a representative or collective sense. The psalmist has more than one enemy, as vv. 1-7 make clear.
- Psalm 35:8 tn The psalmist’s prayer for his enemies’ demise continues. See vv. 4-6.
- Psalm 35:9 tn Heb “then my soul will rejoice in the Lord and be happy in his deliverance.”
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