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Psalm 57:6

They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They dig a pit before me. They fall into the middle of it themselves. Selah.

4My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
5Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your glory be above all the earth!
6They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They dig a pit before me. They fall into the middle of it themselves. Selah.
7My heart is steadfast, God. My heart is steadfast. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises.
8Wake up, my glory! Wake up, lute and harp! I will wake up the dawn.
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Notice

The net and pit reveal deliberate harm, while the bowed-down soul makes the threat personal before the sentence turns toward the downfall of those plotting it.

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Where else Scripture says this

11 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Proverbs 26:27Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.Both passages describe a pit becoming the downfall of the person who dug it.
Psalm 145:14The LORD upholds all who fall, and raises up all those who are bowed down.The bowed-down soul in Psalm 57 shares its language of distress with those whom the LORD raises in Psalm 145.
Psalm 7:15–16He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made.Both psalms describe someone falling into the very pit prepared to harm another.
Proverbs 28:10Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, he will fall into his own trap; but the blameless will inherit good.Both passages describe a harmful scheme turning against its maker through the image of falling into a trap.
Micah 7:2The godly man has perished out of the earth, and there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; every man hunts his brother with a net.Both passages use a hunting net to portray people plotting harm against other people.
Psalm 9:15The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.Both psalms use nets and pits to describe traps that catch the people who prepared them.
Jeremiah 18:20Should evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from …Both speakers describe others digging a pit for them, treating the threat as a personal assault.
Proverbs 11:27He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.Both passages describe evil returning upon those who pursue it, though only the psalm uses a pit.
Proverbs 29:5A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.Both passages picture harm as a net spread for someone’s feet; Proverbs identifies flattery as the means.
Matthew 26:37–38He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and severely troubled.Both texts describe inward distress: the psalm’s speaker is bowed down, and Jesus becomes sorrowful and troubled.
1 Samuel 23:22–26Both concern someone being pursued, though the supplied Samuel verse describes gathering information about his whereabouts rather than setting a trap.
Where this verse fits

Injustice and anger. fear for the future.

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Encouragement

Your distress need not be hidden from God. The surrounding song exalts him, and here the speaker names both a bowed-down soul and the downfall of those who planned harm.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).