The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside ; they have set gins for me. Selah.
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Gill's Exposition
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords,.... These were the Ziphites, according to Arama; see Psa 119:85; the character well agrees with the Scribes and Pharisees, who were proud boasters, and…
Barnes' Notes
The proud have hid a snare for me - Haughty; arrogant; oppressive men. See Psa 35:7, note; Psa 57:6, note. And cords - Strings; twine; as those do who lay a net to catch birds, and who design to…
In this, as in other things, David was a type of Christ, that he suffered before he reigned, was humbled before he was exalted, and that as there were many who loved and valued him, and sought to do…
Cambridge Bible
For the figures cp. Psa 31:4; Psa 119:110; Psa 141:9; Psa 142:3. The hunter sets his snares in the -run" of the animal he wishes to catch, and the Psalmist's enemies are scheming to ruin him as he…
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