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Psalms 31:4

Psalms 31:4
Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me,.... The Ziphites, and Saul, and his men; the former intending treacherously to betray him, and the latter encompassing him about in order to…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Pull me out of the net - See the notes at Psa 9:15. That they have laid privily for me - That my enemies have laid for me. The phrase “laid privily” refers to the custom of “hiding” or “concealing” a…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 31:1-8

Faith and prayer must go together. He that believes, let his pray - I believe, therefore I have spoken: and he that prays, let him believe, for the prayer of faith is the prevailing prayer. We have…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Thou wilt bring me out of the net … for thou art my strong hold. He compares his insidious enemies to hunters or fowlers, as in Psa 9:15; Psa 25:15.