King James Version

Psalms 35:7

For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.

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כִּֽיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…חִנָּ֣םchinamwithout a causeחִנָּםadverb — “without a cause”H2600gratis, i.e. devoid of cost, reason or advantagewithout a cause (cost, wages), causeless, to cost nothing, free(-ly), innocent, for nothing (nought, in vain.טָֽמְנוּtamenvhideטָמַןverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “hide”, a completed actionH2934to hide (by covering over)hide, lay privily, in secret.לִ֭יlitoלִ֭יpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to”toשַׁ֣חַתshachatdestructionשַׁחַתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “destruction”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7845a pit (especially as a trap); figuratively, destructioncorruption, destruction, ditch, grave, pit.רִשְׁתָּ֑םrishtamnetרֶשֶׁתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “net”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7568a net (as catching animals)net(-work).חִ֝נָּ֗םchinamwithout a causeחִנָּםadverb — “without a cause”H2600gratis, i.e. devoid of cost, reason or advantagewithout a cause (cost, wages), causeless, to cost nothing, free(-ly), innocent, for nothing (nought, in vain.חָפְר֥וּchafervsearch outחָפַרverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “search out”, a completed actionH2658properly, to pry into; by implication, to delve, to exploredig, paw, search out, seek.לְנַפְשִֽׁיlenafshito creatureנֶפֶשׁpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

For without cause have they hid for me the pit, even their net, without cause have they digged for my soul.

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American Standard Version (1901)

For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit; Without cause have they digged a pit for my soul.

Young’s Literal Translation

For without cause they hid for me their netpit, Without cause they digged for my soul.

World English Bible

For without cause they have hidden their net in a pit for me. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.

Darby Translation

For without cause have they hidden for me their net [in] a pit; without cause they have digged [it] for my soul.

Douay-Rheims

Thy justice is as the mountains of God, thy judgments are a great deep. Men and beasts thou wilt preserve, O Lord:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

For without cause have they hid for me the pit, even their net, without cause have they digged for my soul.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

For without cause they have hid for me their destructive snare: without a cause they have reproached my soul.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὅτι δωρεὰν ἔκρυψάν μοι διαφθορὰν παγίδος αὐτῶν, μάτην ὠνείδισαν τὴν ψυχήν μου.