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New American Standard Bible The arrogant have dug pits for me, Men who are not in accord with Your law.
King James BibleThe proud have digged pits for me, which
are not after thy law.
Holman Christian Standard BibleThe arrogant have dug pits for me; they violate Your instruction.
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the proud. This metaphor is taken from the mode in which wild beasts are caught in the East; deep pits are dug in the earth, and slightly covered over with reeds, turf, etc., so as not to be discerned from the solid ground; and the animals attempting to walk over them, the surface breaks, they fall in, and are taken alive. Thus the Psalmist's enemies employed craft as well as power in order to effect his ruin.
Psalm 119:78 Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without …
Psalm 7:15 He made a pit, and dig it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
Psalm 35:7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which …
Psalm 36:11 Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of …
Proverbs 16:27 An ungodly man digs up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
Jeremiah 18:20 Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have dig a pit for my …
which
Psalm 58:1,2 Do you indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do you judge uprightly, …
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