Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the Angel of the Lord persecute them.

For [a]without cause they have hid the pit and their net for me: without cause have they dug a pit for my soul.

Let destruction come upon [b]him at unawares, and let his net, that he hath laid privily, take him: let him fall into [c]the same destruction.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 35:7 Showing that we may not call God to be a revenger, but only for his glory, and when our cause is just.
  2. Psalm 35:8 When he promiseth to himself peace.
  3. Psalm 35:8 Which he prepared against the children of God.

may their path be dark and slippery,
    with the angel of the Lord pursuing them.

Since they hid their net(A) for me without cause(B)
    and without cause dug a pit(C) for me,
may ruin overtake them by surprise—(D)
    may the net they hid entangle them,
    may they fall into the pit,(E) to their ruin.

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