The trap shall take him by the heel, and a snare shall lay hold of him.
Psalm 140:5 - King James 2000 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set traps for me. Selah. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set gins for me. Selah. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The proud have hidden a snare for me; they have spread cords as a net by the wayside, they have set traps for me. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! American Standard Version (1901) The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set gins for me. [Selah Common English Bible Arrogant people have laid a trap for me with ropes. They’ve spread out a net alongside the road. They’ve set snares for me. Selah Catholic Public Domain Version The just one will correct me with mercy, and he will rebuke me. But do not allow the oil of the sinner to fatten my head. For my prayer will still be toward their good will. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The just shall correct me in mercy, and shall reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner fatten my head. For my prayer also shall still be against the things with which they are well pleased: |
The trap shall take him by the heel, and a snare shall lay hold of him.
The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I strayed not from your precepts.
The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep your precepts with my whole heart.
When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then you knew my path. In the way in which I walked have they secretly laid a snare for me.
Pull me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me: for you are my strength.
For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have dug for my soul.
Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have dug a pit before me, into the midst of which they are fallen themselves. Selah.
Lie not in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
Then said they, Come, and let us devise plots against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us attack him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before you to speak good for them, and to turn away your wrath from them.
Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you shall bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have dug a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.