The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 57:6

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

They have prepared a net for my steps (comp. Psalms 9:15; Psalms 10:10; Psalms 25:15; Psalms 31:4; Psalms 35:7). These metaphors from the chase are peculiarly appropriate at the time when Saul was "hunting David upon the mountains" (1 Samuel 26:20).

My soul is bowed down; rather, they have bowed down my soul; literally, he has bowed down; but the alternate use of the singular and the plural, without any real change of subject, is very common. They have digged a pit before me (comp.

Psalms 7:15; Psalms 119:85). Into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Here is the first note of triumph—a very familiar note (Psalms 7:15; Psalms 9:15; Psalms 39:8; Psalms 141:10), but one always sounded with marked satisfaction.

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