Salmi 35:7

7 Perciocchè senza cagione hanno fatta una fossa nascosta, Per tendervi la lor rete; Senza cagione l’hanno cavata all’anima mia.

Salmi 35:7 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 35:7

For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit,
&c.] This is said in allusion to the custom of digging pits, and putting nets into them, for the catching of wild beasts; and covering them with straw or dust, or such like things, as Jarchi observes, that they might not be discerned; and which intends the secret and crafty methods taken by David's enemies to ensnare him and destroy him; though he had given them no cause to use him in such a manner; which is an aggravation of their sins, and a reason of the above imprecations, as well as of what follows: and in the same manner, and without any just cause, Christ and his members have been treated by wicked men, and therefore their damnation is just, and will be inevitable:

[which] without cause they have digged for my soul;
which is added for further explanation's sake, and to aggravate their sin, and to show the justness of their punishment.

Salmi 35:7 In-Context

5 Sien come pula al vento, E caccili l’Angelo del Signore.

6 Sia la via loro tutta tenebre, e sdruccioli; E perseguali l’Angelo del Signore.

7 Perciocchè senza cagione hanno fatta una fossa nascosta, Per tendervi la lor rete; Senza cagione l’hanno cavata all’anima mia.

8 Venga loro una sprovveduta ruina, E sieno presi colla lor propria rete che hanno tesa di nascosto, E cadano nella ruina che mi hanno apparecchiata.

9 Allora l’anima mia festeggerà nel Signore, E si rallegrerà nella sua salute.