Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I with escape.
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I with escape.
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, Whilst that I withal escape.
Let the sinners be taken in the nets which they themselves have put down, while I go free.
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst I escape.
Let the wicked fall together into their own nets, while I pass by. A contemplation by David, when he was in the cave. A Prayer.
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.
Let the wicked fall into their own nets - This is generally the case; those who lay snares for others fall into them themselves. Harm watch, harm catch, says the old adage. How many cases have occurred where the spring guns that have been set for thieves have shot some of the family! I have known some dismal cases of this kind, where some of the most amiable lives have been sacrificed to this accursed machine.
Whilst - I withal escape - They alone are guilty; they alone spread the nets and gins; I am innocent, and God will cause me to escape.
Let the wicked fall into their own nets - See the notes at Psalm 35:8. Compare Psalm 7:15-16.
While that I withal escape - Margin, as in Hebrew, "pass over." While I safely pass over the net or snare which has been secretly laid for me. The word "withal" means, in the Hebrew, "together, at the same time;" that is, At the same time that they fall into the net, let me pass over it in safety. See the notes at Job 5:13.