Keep me from the trap that they have laid for me and from the snares of evildoers!
So they watched him and sent spies, who pretended to be sincere, that they might catch him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor.
The arrogant have hidden a trap for me, and with cords they have spread a net; beside the way they have set snares for me. Selah
The wicked have laid a snare for me, but I do not stray from your precepts.
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, that one may turn away from the snares of death.
When my spirit faints within me, you know my way! In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me.
Those who seek my life lay their snares; those who seek my hurt speak of ruin and meditate treachery all day long.
May a cry be heard from their houses, when you bring the plunderer suddenly upon them! For they have dug a pit to take me and laid snares for my feet.
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