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Psalm 35

Psa. 35:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Let destruction
show' (Hebrew #7722)
or shoah {sho-aw'}; from an unused root meaning to rush over; a tempest; by implication, devastation
KJV usage: desolate(-ion), destroy, destruction, storm, wasteness.
Pronounce: sho
Origin: or (feminine) showtah {sho-aw'}
come
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
upon him ρat unawares
lo' (Hebrew #3808)
or loh (Deut. 3:11) {lo}; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles (as follows)
KJV usage: X before, + or else, ere, + except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), (X as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, + surely, + as truly as, + of a truth, + verily, for want, + whether, without.
Pronounce: lo
Origin: or lowi {lo}
yada` (Hebrew #3045)
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow)
KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.
Pronounce: yaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
z; and let his net
resheth (Hebrew #7568)
a net (as catching animals)
KJV usage: net(- work).
Pronounce: reh'-sheth
Origin: from 3423
that he hath hid
taman (Hebrew #2934)
to hide (by covering over)
KJV usage: hide, lay privily, in secret.
Pronounce: taw-man'
Origin: a primitive root
catch
lakad (Hebrew #3920)
to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere
KJV usage: X at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.
Pronounce: law-kad'
Origin: a primitive root
himself: into that very destruction
show' (Hebrew #7722)
or shoah {sho-aw'}; from an unused root meaning to rush over; a tempest; by implication, devastation
KJV usage: desolate(-ion), destroy, destruction, storm, wasteness.
Pronounce: sho
Origin: or (feminine) showtah {sho-aw'}
let him fall
naphal (Hebrew #5307)
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for 6419), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (X hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, X surely, throw down.
Pronounce: naw-fal'
Origin: a primitive root
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which he knoweth, not of.
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1 Thess. 5:3• 3When they may say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction comes upon them, as travail upon her that is with child; and they shall in no wise escape. (1 Thess. 5:3)

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Let destruction.All the verbs in these verses, (ver. 4-8,) in the original, are in the future tense, as a prediction, and should probably be so rendered; though as that tense is frequently used in Hebrew for the imperative, most translators, both ancient and modern, have considered them as an imprecation.
Psa. 64:7• 7But God will shoot an arrow at them: suddenly are they wounded; (Psa. 64:7)
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Psa. 73:18‑20• 18Truly thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in ruins.
 19How are they suddenly made desolate! they pass away, consumed with terrors.
 20As a dream, when one awaketh, wilt thou, Lord, on arising despise their image. (Psa. 73:18‑20)
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Prov. 29:1• 1He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and without remedy. (Prov. 29:1)
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Luke 21:34• 34But take heed to yourselves lest possibly your hearts be laden with surfeiting and drinking and cares of life, and that day come upon you suddenly unawares; (Luke 21:34)
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1 Thess. 5:3• 3When they may say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction comes upon them, as travail upon her that is with child; and they shall in no wise escape. (1 Thess. 5:3)
at unawares.
Heb. which he knoweth not of.
net.
Psa. 7:15‑16• 15He digged a pit, and hollowed it out, and is fallen into the hole that he made.
 16His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate. (Psa. 7:15‑16)
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Psa. 57:6• 6They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul was bowed down: they have digged a pit before me; they are fallen into the midst thereof. Selah. (Psa. 57:6)
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Psa. 141:9‑10• 9Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, and from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
 10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that *I* withal pass over. (Psa. 141:9‑10)
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Prov. 5:22• 22His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin. (Prov. 5:22)
into.
1 Sam. 18:17• 17And Saul said to David, Behold my eldest daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife; only be thou valiant for me, and fight Jehovah's battles. But Saul thought, My hand shall not be upon him, but the hand of the Philistines shall be upon him. (1 Sam. 18:17)
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1 Sam. 31:2‑4• 2And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines smote Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul's sons.
 3And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers came up with him; and he was much terrified by the archers.
 4Then said Saul to his armour-bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through with it; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armour-bearer would not; for he was much afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it. (1 Sam. 31:2‑4)
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2 Sam. 17:2‑4,23• 2and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only;
 3and I will bring back all the people to thee. The man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: all the people shall be in peace.
 4And the saying was right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.
 23And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose and went to his house, to his city, and gave charge to his household, and hanged himself, and he died; and he was buried in the sepulchre of his father. (2 Sam. 17:2‑4,23)
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2 Sam. 18:14‑15• 14Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three spears in his hand, and thrust them into Absalom's body, while he was yet alive in the midst of the terebinth.
 15And ten young men that bore Joab's armour surrounded and smote Absalom, and killed him. (2 Sam. 18:14‑15)
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Esther 7:10• 10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. And the king's wrath was appeased. (Esther 7:10)
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Matt. 27:3‑5• 3Then Judas, who delivered him up, seeing that he had been condemned, filled with remorse, returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders,
 4saying, I have sinned in having delivered up guiltless blood. But they said, What is that to us? see *thou* to that.
 5And having cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, he left the place, and went away and hanged himself. (Matt. 27:3‑5)
• There is a righteous feeling that the Lord's recompensing the cruel wickedness is right, and so it is. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 33-36” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Let destruction come upon him unawares, and let his net which he hath hidden catch himself: for destruction let him fall therein.