When my spirit felt weak within me, You knew my path. In the way where I walk They have hidden a trap for me.
“But He knows the way I take; When He has put me to the test, I will come out as gold.
For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the wicked will perish.
Hear my prayer, Lord! And let my cry for help come to You.
My heart has been struck like grass and has withered, Indeed, I forget to eat my bread.
The proud have hidden a trap for me, and snares; They have spread a net at the wayside; They have set snares for me. Selah
Keep me from the jaws of the trap which they have set for me, And from the snares of those who do wrong.
Therefore my spirit feels weak within me; My heart is appalled within me.
You have put my heart to the test; You have visited me by night; You have sifted me and You find nothing; My intent is that my mouth will not offend.
I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint; My heart is like wax; It is melted within me.
You will pull me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me, For You are my strength.
They attack, they lurk, They watch my steps, As they have waited to take my life.
From the end of the earth I call to You when my heart is faint; Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
¶People of low standing are only breath, and people of rank are a lie; In the balances they go up. Together they are lighter than breath.
When I remember God, then I am restless; When I sigh, then my spirit feels weak. Selah
May a cry be heard from their houses When You suddenly bring raiders upon them; For they have dug a pit to capture me And hidden snares for my feet.
“Arise, whimper in the night At the beginning of the night watches; Pour out your heart like water Before the presence of the Lord; Raise your hands to Him For the life of your little ones Who languish because of hunger At the head of every street.
Then the Pharisees went and plotted together how they might trap Him in what He said.