You free me from the net laid out for me, for You are my refuge.
Parallel translations
- WEB Pluck me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, for you are my stronghold.
- KJV Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.
- 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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Quick answer
David asks to be pulled out of the hidden net set for him, since God is his stronghold. It seeks rescue from secret traps.
Overview
Enemies have laid concealed snares, but David trusts God to free him. His safety lies in God as his stronghold, not in his own vigilance. The verse assures believers that God sees and delivers from hidden dangers others devise against them.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Ps 25:15My eyes are always on the LORD, for He will free my feet from the mesh.
- Ps 140:5The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah
- 2 Tim 2:26Then they will come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, who has taken them captive to his will.
- Ps 57:6They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah
- Ps 19:14May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.
- Ps 35:7For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
- Ps 124:7We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.
- Prov 29:5A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
- 2 Cor 12:9But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
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