Psalm 57:6
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Berean Study Bible
They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah

Young's Literal Translation
A net they have prepared for my steps, Bowed down hath my soul, They have digged before me a pit, They have fallen into its midst. Selah.

King James Bible
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen [themselves]. Selah.

Hebrew
They spread
הֵכִ֣ינוּ (hê·ḵî·nū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3559: To be erect

a net
רֶ֤שֶׁת ׀ (re·šeṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 7568: A net

for my feet;
לִפְעָמַי֮ (lip̄·‘ā·may)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 6471: A beat, foot, anvil, occurrence

my soul
נַ֫פְשִׁ֥י (nap̄·šî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

was despondent.
כָּפַ֪ף (kā·p̄ap̄)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3721: To bend, bend down, be bent or bowed

They dug
כָּר֣וּ (kā·rū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3738: To dig, to plot, to bore, open

a pit
שִׁיחָ֑ה (šî·ḥāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 7882: A pit-fall

before me,
לְפָנַ֣י (lə·p̄ā·nay)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 6440: The face

but they themselves have fallen
נָפְל֖וּ (nā·p̄ə·lū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 5307: To fall, lie

into it!
בְתוֹכָ֣הּ (ḇə·ṯō·w·ḵāh)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre

Selah
סֶֽלָה׃ (se·lāh)
Interjection
Strong's 5542: Suspension, pause

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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