Psalms 31:4
You free me from the net laid out for me, for You are my refuge.
BSB
ASV
Pluck me out of the net that they have laid privily for me; For thou art my stronghold.
KJV
Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.
COMMENTARY ON THE PSALMS 31:4 (458)
By this he indicated the plot of Ahithophel, which he put into operation against him, as we have spoken about previously. … After frequently encountering many disasters I was freed from them by your aid—thus I entrust my soul to your providence. He calls providence …
Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me. The enemies of David were cunning as well as mighty; if they could not conquer him by power, they would capture him by craft. Our own spiritual foes are of the same order—they are of the serpent's brood, and seek to ensnare us by their guile. The prayer before us supposes the possibility of the believer being caught like a bird; and, indeed, we are so foolish that this often happens. So deftly does the fowler do his work that simple ones are soon surrounded by it.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Psalms 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.
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May my meditation be pleasing to Him, for I rejoice in the LORD.
O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.
Accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me Your judgments.
you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.
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Psalms 25:15My eyes are always on the LORD, for He will free my feet from the mesh.
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But my eyes are fixed on You, O GOD the Lord. In You I seek refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless.
We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.
I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?