Let destruction take them by surprise! ¹  Let the net they hid catch them! Let them fall into destruction! ² 

biblegateway Psa 35:8

Let destruction come upon him unawares, And let the net which he hid catch himself; Into that very destruction let him fall.

Let ruin come on him unexpectedly, and let the net that he hid ensnare him; let him fall into it--to his ruin.

Let destruction surprise them. Let the net that they hid catch them. Let them fall into their own pit and be destroyed.

biblegateway Psa 35:8

may ruin overtake them by surprise—may the net they hid entangle them, may they fall into the pit, to their ruin.

Let destruction come upon him when he does not know it! And let the net that he hid ensnare him; let him fall into it--to his destruction!

bibleoremus Psa 35:8

Let ruin come on them unawares. And let the net that they hid ensnare them; let them fall in it—to their ruin.

May destruction unforeseen come upon them; may the net which they hid catch them; may they fall into the pit and be destroyed!

biblegateway Psa 35:8

Let destruction come upon him unexpectedly, And let his net that he has hidden catch himself; Into that very destruction let him fall.

Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

biblegateway Psa 35:8

Let destruction take them by surprise! ¹  Let the net they hid catch them! Let them fall into destruction! ² 

¹ tn Heb “let destruction [which] he does not know come to him.” The singular is used of the enemy in v. 8, probably in a representative or collective sense. The psalmist has more than one enemy, as vv. 1-7 make clear.

² tn The psalmist’s prayer for his enemies’ demise continues. See vv. 4-6.