But if they are bound in chains, and held captive by cords of affliction,
Some sat in darkness and deep gloom, prisoners in misery and iron chains,
The iniquities of a wicked man will ensnare him. The cords of his sin will hold him down.
He walled in my ways with hewn stone. He twisted my paths.
The ropes of death entangled me, and the torments of Sheol found me. I found trouble and sorrow.
Cords of death entangled me. Torrents of Belial overwhelmed me.
then know that God has wronged me and encircled me with His net.
You put my feet in shackles and watch all my paths; You put marks on the soles of my feet.
He delivers the afflicted by his affliction and opens their ear in oppression.
Be careful, do not turn to iniquity; for you have chosen this rather than affliction.
The ropes of the wicked are coiled around me, but I did not forget Your Torah.
to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with fetters of iron,