Psalms 57:6

The transposition of Psalms 57:5, proposed by Cheyne and others, simply ruins the sense, Psalms 57:6 is the fitting sequel of Psalms 57:5. Just as in Psalms 56:5 ff, he returns after the refrain to contemplate his present situation. But now Faith sees the prayer of Psalms 57:5 answered, and with the manifestation of God's supreme authority all opposition is subdued, nay, his foes" own schemes prove their ruin.

my soul is bowed down Perhaps we should read with the LXX, they have bowed down my soul; i.e. (the perf. as in Psalms 56:1) they have made sure of capturing me. But it is tempting to go further and read (with Ewald), their soul is bowed down, thereby securing a double parallelism in the verse. Lines 1 and 3 then describe their plots: lines 2 and 4 describe how they are caught in their own trap. The metaphors are taken from the nets and pitfalls used by hunters. Cp. Psalms 7:15; Psalms 9:15 f.; Psalms 35:7; Ezekiel 19:4; Ecclesiastes 10:8.

into the midst whereof they are fallenthemselves] Better, they are fallen into the midst of It.