For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
They hid for me their net in a pit. Their having laid for the petitioner a pit-net, justifies the prayer, and ensures its fulfillment, that they should be caught in their own trap (Psalms 35:8). The pit-net was a pit covered over by the hunter with a net and with twigs, to ensure the fall and capture of a wild beast.