Keep me from the trap that they have laid for me and from the snares of evildoers.
The wicked have laid a snare for me, but I do not stray from your precepts.
The arrogant have hidden a trap for me, and with cords they have spread a net, along the road they have set snares for me. Selah
When my spirit is faint, you know my way. In the path where I walk, they have hidden a trap for me.
Look on my right hand and see: there is no one who takes notice of me; no refuge remains to me; no one cares for me.
Those who seek my life lay their snares; those who seek to hurt me speak of ruin and meditate on treachery all day long.
My heart is steadfast, O God; my heart is steadfast. I will sing and make melody.
who whet their tongues like swords, who aim bitter words like arrows,
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, so that one may avoid the snares of death.
May a cry be heard from their houses when you bring the marauder suddenly upon them! For they have dug a pit to catch me and laid snares for my feet.
So they watched him and sent spies who pretended to be honest, in order to trap him by what he said and then to hand him over to the jurisdiction and authority of the governor.