Pluck me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, for you are my stronghold.
Parallel translations
- KJV Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.
- BSB You free me from the net laid out for me, for You are my refuge.
- NKJV Pull me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me, For You are my strength.
- NASB You will pull me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me, For You are my strength.
- NLT Pull me from the trap my enemies set for me, for I find protection in you alone.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Ps 25:15My eyes are ever on Yahweh, for he will pluck my feet out of the net.
- Ps 140:5The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah.
- 2 Tim 2:26and they may recover themselves out of the devil’s snare, having been taken captive by him to his will.
- Ps 57:6They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They dig a pit before me. They fall into the middle of it themselves. Selah.
- Ps 19:14Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, Yahweh, my rock, and my redeemer.
- Ps 35:7For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.
- Ps 124:7Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the fowler’s snare. The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
- Prov 29:5A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
- 2 Cor 12:9He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.
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