My enemies have set a trap for me. I am weary from distress. They have dug a deep pit in my path, but they themselves have fallen into it. Interlude
Then David praised the Lord in the presence of the whole assembly: “O Lord, the God of our ancestor Israel, may you be praised forever and ever!
Yours, O Lord, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty. Everything in the heavens and on earth is yours, O Lord, and this is your kingdom. We adore you as the one who is over all things.
Now rescue your beloved people. Answer and save us by your power.
The proud have set a trap to catch me; they have stretched out a net; they have placed traps all along the way. Interlude
When I am overwhelmed, you alone know the way I should turn. Wherever I go, my enemies have set traps for me.
I am losing all hope; I am paralyzed with fear.
The Lord helps the fallen and lifts those bent beneath their loads.
my God! Now I am deeply discouraged, but I will remember you— even from distant Mount Hermon, the source of the Jordan, from the land of Mount Mizar.
You have taught children and infants to tell of your strength, silencing your enemies and all who oppose you.
Those who lead good people along an evil path will fall into their own trap, but the honest will inherit good things.
To flatter friends is to lay a trap for their feet.
The godly people have all disappeared; not one honest person is left on the earth. They are all murderers, setting traps even for their own brothers.
But as surely as I live, and as surely as the earth is filled with the Lord’s glory,