Bible Strands
Psalms 66:11
You led us into the net; You laid burdens on our backs.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist speaks as part of a corporate "we," addressing God directly during a recollection of past trials. The moment follows a declaration of divine testing and precedes a statement of eventual deliverance into abundance.
The words — The Hebrew בַּמְּצוּדָה (ba-metsudah) literally means "in the net," denoting a trapping device. The phrase מוּעָקָה בְּמָתְנֵינוּ (mu'akah be-matneinu) translates to "affliction on our hips," describing heavy loads physically imposed on the people.
The thread — The net imagery reappears in Lamentations 1:13, Ezekiel 12:13, and Job 19:6. In each reference, the text first describes God spreading a snare before interpreting it as a mechanism of confrontation or judgment.
Why it lands — The passage requires the reader to acknowledge that constraint and forced burden are presented as direct divine actions rather than random suffering. It demands acceptance that God initiates the pressure before moving the people toward the abundance stated in the surrounding context.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.
Cross-references
- 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 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.’