Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
Let destruction ... unawares - even as he had tried to take by surprise and to destroy the righteous. The ungodly is put before us as an ideal person in the singular, the representative of all the God-opposed ones of every age. This anti-Christian faction has some particular individuals who more especially embody its ungodliness, as Haman, who sought to destroy all the Jews; Antiochus Epiphanes, the fanatical persecutor in Old Testament times; Judas, "the son of perdition;" and above all, Antichrist of the latter days, who is also called (2 Thessalonians 2:3) "the son of perdition.
And let ... himself - Psalms 35:7, first clause.
Into that ... - (Psalms 36:12)