Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.
Parallel translations
- WEB Pluck me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, for you are my stronghold.
- 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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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 25:15Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
- Ps 140:5The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
- 2 Tim 2:26And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.
- Ps 57:6They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.
- Ps 19:14Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
- Ps 35:7For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
- Ps 124:7Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
- Prov 29:5A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
- 2 Cor 12:9And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
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