57:6 They have prepared a net to trap me; 1
I am discouraged. 2
They have dug a pit for me. 3
They will fall 4 into it! (Selah)
1 tn Heb “for my feet.”
2 tn Heb “my life bends low.” The Hebrew term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) with a pronominal suffix is often equivalent to a pronoun, especially in poetry (see BDB 660 s.v. נֶפֶשׁ 4.a).
3 tn Heb “before me.”
4 tn The perfect form is used rhetorically here to express the psalmist’s certitude. The demise of the enemies is so certain that he can speak of it as already accomplished.