If people are bound in chains, or if trouble, like ropes, ties them up,
You put my feet in chains and keep close watch wherever I go. You even mark the soles of my feet.
Then know that God has wronged me and pulled his net around me.
But God saves those who suffer through their suffering; he gets them to listen through their pain.
Be careful not to turn to evil, which you seem to want more than suffering.
Some sat in gloom and darkness; they were prisoners suffering in chains.
The ropes of death bound me, and the fear of the grave took hold of me. I was troubled and sad.
Wicked people have tied me up, but I have not forgotten your teachings.
They will put those kings in chains and those important men in iron bands.
The ropes of death wrapped around me. The traps of death were before me.
An evil man will be caught in his wicked ways; the ropes of his sins will tie him up.
He blocked my way with a stone wall and led me in the wrong direction.