Protect me from the traps they have set for me, from the snares of those evildoers.
The wicked lay a trap for me, but I have not disobeyed your commands.
The proud have set a trap for me; they have laid their snares, and along the path they have set traps to catch me.
When I am ready to give up, he knows what I should do. In the path where I walk, my enemies have hidden a trap for me.
When I look beside me, I see that there is no one to help me, no one to protect me. No one cares for me.
Those who want to kill me lay traps for me, and those who want to hurt me threaten to ruin me; they never stop plotting against me.
I have complete confidence, O God; I will sing and praise you!
They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim cruel words like arrows.
The teachings of the wise are a fountain of life; they will help you escape when your life is in danger.
Send a mob to plunder their homes without warning; make them cry out in terror. They have dug a pit for me to fall in and have set traps to catch me.
So they looked for an opportunity. They bribed some men to pretend they were sincere, and they sent them to trap Jesus with questions, so that they could hand him over to the authority and power of the Roman Governor.