Psalms 35:8 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 35:8

May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.

BSB

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ASV

Let destruction come upon him unawares; And let his net that he hath hid catch himself: With destruction let him fall therein.

KJV

Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Let destruction come upon him at unawares,.... Or a "storm" (r), such as is caused in the eastern countries by a south wind, very sudden, violent, and destructive (s): the singular number being here used, some Jewish commentators, as Kimchi, have thought Saul is particularly meant; and some Christian interpreters have been of opinion that Judas is intended: the imprecations here may be compared with those which respect him, Psa 109:

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This was remarkably fulfilled in the ruin of Saul; for he had laid a plot to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines ( 1 Sam. xviii. 25 ), that was the net which he hid for him under pretence of doing him honour, and in that very net was he himself taken, for he fell by the hand of the Philistines when his day came to fall.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 2 (1870)

"Let destruction come, upon him at unawares." This tremendous imprecation is frequently fulfilled. God's judgments are often sudden and signal. Death enter the persecutor's house without pausing to knock at the door. The thunderbolt of judgment leaps from its hiding-place, and in one crash the wicked are broken for ever. "And let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall." There is a lex talionis with God which often works most wonderfully. Men set traps and catch their own fingers. They throw up stones, and they fall upon their own heads.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
תְּבוֹאֵ֣הוּ	te.vo.'E.hu	may it come to him	H935 →
שׁוֹאָה֮	sho.'Ah	destruction	H7722 →
לֹֽא־	lo'-	[which] not	H3808 →
יֵ֫דָ֥ע	ye.Da'	he knows	H3045 →
וְרִשְׁתּ֣וֹ	ve.rish.To	and net his	H7568 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	which	H834 →
טָמַ֣ן	ta.Man	he hid	H2934 →
תִּלְכְּד֑וֹ	til.ke.Do	may it catch him	H3920 →
בְּ֝שׁוֹאָ֗ה	be.sho.'Ah	in destruction	H7722 →
יִפָּל־	yi.pol-	may he fall	H5307 →
בָּֽהּ׃	Bah	in 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 walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

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.

Through
1 Thessalonians 5:3
While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
leads to
- Luke 21:34–35
  But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
- Matthew 24:37–39
  As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
- Luke 17:26–30
  Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man:
Through
Luke 21:34
But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
leads to
- Mark 4:19
  but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:2–8
  For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
- Luke 12:45–46
  But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk.
- Luke 12:40
  You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.”
- 1 Peter 4:3–7
  For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Psalms