A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare holds him fast.
when the Sabeans attacked and carried them off. They also killed the servants with the edge of the sword—I alone escaped to tell you!”
While this one was still speaking another came in and said, “The Chaldeans formed three bands and raided the camels and took them all away. They also killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I—only I alone—escaped to tell you!”
A rope is hidden for him on the ground, and a trap for him lies on the path.
For he is cast into a net by his feet; he wanders into its mesh.
The hungry consumes his harvest, taking it even from among thorns, and the thirsty pants after their wealth.
Keep me safe, Adonai, from the clutches of the wicked. Protect me from the man of violence who planned to push me off my feet.
The nations sank into the pit they made. The net they hid caught their own foot.
In an evil man’s wrongdoing is a trap, but the righteous sings and rejoices.
