“They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.”
The description of enemies who have set a net and dug a pit articulates the premeditation and strategy of persecution; enemies are not reacting spontaneously but have actively planned the supplicant's destruction. The imagery of the trap and pit suggests that the enemies have constructed elaborate schemes to catch and destroy the supplicant. The reference to enemies falling into their own pits establishes the doctrine of poetic justice: the traps set for others rebound upon their setters. This verse articulates trust in the principle of divine retribution while demonstrating the sophistication of the enemies' designs.
Church Fathers on Psalms 57:6
1. We have heard in the Gospel just now, brethren, how loves us our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, God with the Father, Man with us, out of our own selves, now at the right hand of the Father; you have heard how much He loves us.... 2. Because then this Psalm is singing of the Passion of the Lord, see what is the title that it has: “at the end.” The end is Christ. Romans 10:4 Why has He been called end? Not as one that consumes, but one that consummates. 3. “At the end,…
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