Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the traps of the workers of iniquity.
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set traps for me. Selah.
And they watched him, and sent forth spies, who should pretend themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I strayed not from your precepts.
They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and plan deceit all the day long.
Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you shall bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have dug a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then you knew my path. In the way in which I walked have they secretly laid a snare for me.
My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.
Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would acknowledge me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.