Psalms 57:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

They have made ready a net for my steps; my soul is bent down; they have made a great hole before me, and have gone down into it themselves. (Selah.)

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  • Ps 145:14 : 14 The Lord is the support of all who are crushed, and the lifter up of all who are bent down.
  • Ps 140:5 : 5 The men of pride have put secret cords for my feet; stretching nets in my way, so that they may take me with their tricks. (Selah.)
  • Ps 142:3 : 3 When my spirit is overcome, your eyes are on my goings; nets have been secretly placed in the way in which I go.
  • Ps 143:4 : 4 Because of this my spirit is overcome; and my heart is full of fear.
  • Prov 28:10 : 10 Anyone causing the upright to go wandering in an evil way, will himself go down into the hole he has made; but the upright will have good things for their heritage.
  • Prov 29:5 : 5 A man who says smooth things to his neighbour is stretching out a net for his steps.
  • Mic 7:2 : 2 The good man is gone from the earth, there is no one upright among men: they are all waiting secretly for blood, every man is going after his brother with a net.
  • Matt 26:37-38 : 37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and became sad and very troubled. 38 Then says he to them, My soul is very sad, even to death: keep watch with me here.
  • 1 Sam 23:22-26 : 22 Go now, and take more steps, and see where he is living: for they say that he is expert in deceit. 23 So take care to get knowledge of all the secret places where he is taking cover, and be certain to come back to me, and I will go with you: and without doubt, if he is anywhere in the land, I will get him, among all the families of Judah. 24 And they went back and came to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the waste land of Maon, in the dry land south of the waste land. 25 And Saul and his men went in search of him. And David had word of it, so he came down to the rock in the waste land of Maon. And Saul, hearing of this, went after David into the waste land of Maon. 26 And Saul and his men went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men went on the other: and David's purpose was to get away as quickly as possible, for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men were making a circle round David and his men in order to take them.
  • Ps 7:15-16 : 15 He has made a hole deep in the earth, and is falling into the hole which he has made 16 His wrongdoing will come back to him, and his violent behaviour will come down on his head.
  • Ps 9:15-16 : 15 The nations have gone down into the hole which they made: in their secret net is their foot taken. 16 The Lord has given knowledge of himself through his judging: the evil-doer is taken in the net which his hands had made. (Higgaion. Selah.)
  • Ps 35:7-8 : 7 For without cause they have put a net ready for me secretly, in which to take my soul. 8 Let destruction come on them without their knowledge; let them be taken themselves in their secret nets, falling into the same destruction.
  • Ps 42:6 : 6 My soul is crushed down in me, so I will keep you in mind; from the land of Jordan and of the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 140:5
    84%

    5The men of pride have put secret cords for my feet; stretching nets in my way, so that they may take me with their tricks. (Selah.)

  • Ps 35:7-8
    2 verses
    83%

    7For without cause they have put a net ready for me secretly, in which to take my soul.

    8Let destruction come on them without their knowledge; let them be taken themselves in their secret nets, falling into the same destruction.

  • Ps 56:5-7
    3 verses
    82%

    5Every day they make wrong use of my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.

    6They come together, they are waiting in secret places, they take note of my steps, they are waiting for my soul.

    7By evil-doing they will not get free from punishment. In wrath, O God, let the peoples be made low.

  • Ps 9:15
    80%

    15The nations have gone down into the hole which they made: in their secret net is their foot taken.

  • Ps 17:11
    79%

    11They have made a circle round our steps: their eyes are fixed on us, forcing us down to the earth;

  • Ps 59:3-4
    2 verses
    79%

    3For see, they are watching in secret for my soul; the strong have come together against me? but not because of my sin, or my evil-doing, O Lord.

    4For no sin of mine they go quickly and get themselves ready; be awake and come to my help, and see.

  • Jer 18:22
    78%

    22Let a cry for help go up from their houses, when you send an armed band on them suddenly: for they have made a hole in which to take me, and have put nets for my feet secretly.

  • Ps 7:5
    78%

    5Let my hater go after my soul and take it; let my life be crushed to the earth, and my honour into the dust. (Selah.)

  • Ps 54:3
    77%

    3For men who are going after me have come out against me, violent men are purposing to take my soul; they have not put God before their eyes. (Selah.)

  • Ps 141:9-10
    2 verses
    77%

    9Keep me from the net which they have put down for me, and from the designs of the workers of evil.

    10Let the sinners be taken in the nets which they themselves have put down, while I go free.

  • Lam 3:53
    77%

    53They have put an end to my life in the prison, stoning me with stones.

  • Ps 142:3
    77%

    3When my spirit is overcome, your eyes are on my goings; nets have been secretly placed in the way in which I go.

  • Ps 71:10
    76%

    10For my haters are waiting secretly for me; and those who are watching for my soul are banded together in their evil designs,

  • Ps 119:85
    76%

    85The men of pride, who are turned away from your law, have put nets for me.

  • Ps 63:9
    76%

    9But those whose desire is my soul's destruction will go down to the lower parts of the earth.

  • Ps 31:4
    75%

    4Take me out of the net which they have put ready for me secretly; for you are my strength.

  • Ps 143:3
    75%

    3The evil man has gone after my soul; my life is crushed down to the earth: he has put me in the dark, like those who have long been dead.

  • Ps 38:16
    75%

    16I said, Let them not be glad over me; when my foot is moved, let them not be lifted up with pride against me.

  • Job 19:6
    75%

    6Be certain that it is God who has done me wrong, and has taken me in his net.

  • Lam 1:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13From on high he has sent fire into my bones, and it has overcome them: his net is stretched out for my feet, I am turned back by him; he has made me waste and feeble all the day.

    14A watch is kept on my sins; they are joined together by his hand, they have come on to my neck; he has made my strength give way: the Lord has given me up into the hands of those against whom I have no power.

  • Job 30:13
    75%

    13They have made waste my roads, with a view to my destruction; his bowmen come round about me;

  • Lam 3:11-12
    2 verses
    75%

    11By him my ways have been turned on one side and I have been pulled in bits; he has made me waste.

    12With his bow bent, he has made me the mark for his arrows.

  • Ps 22:16
    75%

    16Dogs have come round me: I am shut in by the band of evil-doers; they made wounds in my hands and feet.

  • Ps 7:15
    75%

    15He has made a hole deep in the earth, and is falling into the hole which he has made

  • Ps 70:2
    75%

    2Let those who go after my soul have shame and trouble; let those who have evil designs against me be turned back and made foolish.

  • Lam 3:9
    75%

    9He has put up a wall of cut stones about my ways, he has made my roads twisted.

  • Ps 3:2
    74%

    2Unnumbered are those who say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. (Selah.)

  • Ps 86:14
    74%

    14O God, men of pride have come up against me, and the army of violent men would take my life; they have not put you before them.

  • Ps 18:38
    74%

    38I will give them wounds, so that they are not able to get up: they are stretched under my feet.

  • Ps 35:4
    74%

    4Let them be overcome and put to shame who make attempts to take my soul; let those who would do me damage be turned back and made foolish.

  • Ps 88:6
    74%

    6You have put me in the lowest deep, even in dark places.

  • Ps 38:12
    74%

    12Those who have a desire to take my life put nets for me; those who are designing my destruction say evil things against me, all the day their minds are full of deceit.

  • Ps 25:15
    74%

    15My eyes are turned to the Lord at all times; for he will take my feet out of the net.

  • 2 Sam 22:6
    74%

    6The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.

  • Job 18:10
    74%

    10The twisted cord is put secretly in the earth to take him, and the cord is placed in his way.

  • Ps 57:4
    74%

    4My soul is among lions; I am stretched out among those who are on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and whose tongue is a sharp sword.

  • Job 16:13
    74%

    13His bowmen come round about me; their arrows go through my body without mercy; my life is drained out on the earth.

  • Ps 73:18
    74%

    18You put their feet where there was danger of slipping, so that they go down into destruction.

  • Job 18:8
    74%

    8His feet take him into the net, and he goes walking into the cords.

  • Ps 40:14
    74%

    14Let those who go after my soul for its destruction have shame and trouble together; let them be turned back and made foolish who take pleasure in my trouble.

  • Jer 18:20
    73%

    20Is evil to be the reward of good? for they have made a deep hole for my soul. Keep in mind how I took my place before you, to say a good word for them so that your wrath might be turned away from them.

  • Ps 118:13
    73%

    13I have been hard pushed by you, so that I might have a fall: but the Lord was my helper.