For it is He who deliversyou from the snareof the trapperAnd from the deadlypestilence.
So the LORDsenta pestilenceupon Israelfrom the morninguntilthe appointedtime,and seventythousandmenof the peoplefrom Danto Beershebadied.
"Ifthere is faminein the land,ifthere is pestilence,ifthere is blight[or] mildew,locust[or] grasshopper,iftheir enemybesiegesthem in the landof their cities,whateverplague,whateversickness[there is],
Our soulhas escapedas a birdout of the snareof the trapper;The snareis brokenand we have escaped.
Keepme from the jawsof the trapwhich they have setfor me, And from the snaresof those who doiniquity.
SurelyGodwill shatterthe headof His enemies,The hairycrownof him who goeson in his guiltydeeds.
Of the pestilencethat stalksin darkness,Or of the destructionthat layswasteat noon.
Deliveryourselflike a gazellefrom [the hunter's] handAnd like a birdfrom the handof the fowler.
Untilan arrowpiercesthroughhis liver;As a birdhastensto the snare,So he does not knowthat it [will cost him] his life.
Moreover,mandoes not knowhis time:like fishcaughtin a treacherousnetand birdstrappedin a snare,so the sonsof menare ensnaredat an eviltimewhen it suddenlyfallson them.
Ephraim[was] a watchmanwith my God,a prophet;[Yet] the snareof a birdcatcheris in allhis ways,[And] there is [only] hostilityin the houseof his God.
Does a birdfallinto a trapon the groundwhen thereis nobaitin it? Does a trapspringup from the earthwhen it capturesnothingat all?
But thosewho wantto get richfallinto temptationand a snareand manyfoolishand harmfuldesireswhichplungemeninto ruinand destruction.
and they may come to their senses[and escape] from the snareof the devil,having been held captiveby him to do his will.
