Keep me free from the trap that is set for me, for you are my refuge.
We have escaped like a bird from the fowler’s snare; the snare has been broken, and we have escaped.
The arrogant have hidden a snare for me; they have spread out the cords of their net and have set traps for me along my path.
I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and I have been saved from my enemies.
May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.
he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake.
My eyes are ever on the Lord, for only he will release my feet from the snare.
Since they hid their net for me without cause and without cause dug a pit for me,
They spread a net for my feet— I was bowed down in distress. They dug a pit in my path— but they have fallen into it themselves.
Those who flatter their neighbors are spreading nets for their feet.
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.
and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.