Psalms 35:8

Let destruction take them by surprise! ¹  Let the net they hid catch them! Let them fall into destruction! ² 

1Sa 18:17; 1Sa 31:2-4; 2Sa 17:2-4,23; 2Sa 18:14,15; Es 7:10; Ps 7:15,16; Ps 57:6; Ps 64:7; Ps 73:18-20; Ps 141:9,10; Pr 5:22; Pr 29:1; Mt 27:3-5; Lu 21:34; 1Th 5:3

¹ tn Heb “let destruction [which] he does not know come to him.” The singular is used of the enemy in v. 8, probably in a representative or collective sense. The psalmist has more than one enemy, as vv. 1-7 make clear.

² tn The psalmist’s prayer for his enemies’ demise continues. See vv. 4-6.