When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then You knew my path. In the way wherein I walk, they have secretly set a snare for me.
But He knows the way that I take; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come to You.
My heart is stricken and withered like grass, so that I forget to eat my bread.
The proud have hidden a snare for me; they have spread cords as a net; by the wayside they have set traps for me. Selah
Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and from the traps of those who work iniquity.
Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is distressed.
You have tried my heart; You have visited me by night; You have tested me and found nothing; I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.
I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted within me.
Pull me out of the net that they have hidden for me, for You are my strength.
They stir up strife, they lurk, they watch my steps, when they wait for my life.
From the end of the earth will I call to You, when my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
Surely men of low degree are but a vapor; men of high degree are a lie; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than vapor.
I remembered God, and was troubled; I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah
Let a cry be heard from their houses, when You bring a troop suddenly upon them; for they have dug a pit to take me and hidden snares for my feet.
Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches; pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. Lift your hands to Him for the lives of your young children, who faint for hunger at the head of every street.
Then the Pharisees went and took counsel to entangle Him in His words.