Psalm 66:11

Modern

You led us into the net; You laid burdens on our backs.

Traditional

Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.

Literal

You have brought us into a net; You have placed pressure on our backs.

Latin

Induxisti nos in laqueum; posuisti tribulationes in dorso nostro;

Hebrew

English

You led us into the net; You laid burdens on our backs.

God decrees and permits the many trying circumstances his people experience.

This anonymous psalm includes two hymns (Psalm 66:1–12, 13–20) that praise God for saving his people.

Theme notes and profiles

Lamentations 1:13
He sent fire from on high, and it overpowered my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long.
Ezekiel 12:13
But I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, and there he will die.
Job 19:6
…then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.
Hosea 7:12
As they go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the air. I will chastise them when I hear them flocking together.
Deuteronomy 33:11
Bless his substance, O LORD, and accept the work of his hands. Smash the loins of those who rise against him, and of his foes so they can rise no more.”
Lamentations 3:2–66
He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light.
Matthew 6:13
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’