Psalms 56:6

“They have prepared a net for my steps, etc.] They laid snares for him, as the fowler does for the bird, in order to take him. It denotes the insidious ways used by Saul and his men to get David into their hands; so the Pharisees consulted together how they might entangle Christ in his talk, (<402215>Matthew 22:15); my soul is bowed down; dejected by reason of his numerous enemies, and the crafty methods they took to ensnare and ruin him; so the soul of Christ was bowed down with the sins of his people, and with a sense of divine wrath because of them; and so their souls are often bowed down; or they are dejected in their spirits, on account of sin, Satan’s temptations, various afflictions,…”

“They gather themselves together - That is, they do not attack me singly, but they unite their forces; they combine against me. They hide themselves - They lurk in ambush. They do not come upon me openly, but they conceal themselves in places where they cannot be seen, that they may spring upon me suddenly. They mark my steps - They watch me whatever I do. They keep a spy upon me, so that I can never be sure that I am not observed. When they wait for my soul - As they watch for my life; or, as they watch for opportunities to take away my life. I am never secure; I know not at what time, or in what manner, they may spring upon me. This would apply to David when he fled to Achish, king of Gath;…”

“They gather - After they have severally employed their thoughts against me, they meet together to compare them, and to put them in execution. Hide - They lurk secretly, that they may pry into my most private actions. Steps - That they may find some occasion to reproach me. Soul - Or, life, to take it away. Psalms 56:7”

“gather: Psa 2:1-3, Psa 59:3, Psa 71:10, Psa 140:2; Mat 26:3, Mat 26:4, Mat 26:57, Mat 27:1; Act 4:5, Act 4:6, Act 23:12-14 hide: Psa 10:8-10, Psa 64:2-6; Dan 6:4 mark: Psa 37:32, Psa 57:6, Psa 89:51; Job 14:16, Job 31:4; Jer 20:10; Luk 20:20 Psalms 56:7”