7. The psalmist brings his charge against the servants of the devil. Forwithout cause—without my having injured or provoked them; out of their own
spontaneous malice—have they hid for me their net in a pit, as men hunt
for game with cunning and deception. Innocent people have often been ruined by
traps set for them, into which they have fallen as guilelessly as beasts which
stumble into concealed pits, and are taken as in a net. It is no little thing
to be able to feel that the enmity which assails us is uncaused by any willfull
offense on our part. Twice David asserts that his adversaries plotted against
him without cause. Net-making and pit-digging require time and labor,
and both of these the wicked will expend cheerfully if they may overthrow the
people of God. The assailants of God’s church prefer mean, ungenerous schemes,
and so prove their nature and their origin. We must all be on our guard.
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