The wrong have laid a snare for me, But I have not strayed from Your orders.
Guard me from the clutches Of the trap they have laid for me, And from the snares Of the workers of wickedness.
The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set snares for me. Selah.
The wrong have waited for me to destroy me; I understand Your witnesses.
The proud have dug pits for me, Which is not according to Your Torah.
I have sought You with all my heart; Let me not stray from Your commands!
Let a cry be heard from their houses, when You bring a raiding party suddenly upon them. For they have dug a pit to take me, and laid snares for my feet.
And Dani’ĕ
They almost made an end of me on earth, But I, I did not forsake Your orders.
The proud have utterly scorned me, I did not turn aside from Your Torah.
You rebuked the proud, cursed ones, Who are straying from Your commands.
But I, as one deaf, do not hear; And as a dumb one who does not open his mouth.
My heart is firm, O Elohim, My heart is firm; I sing and praise.