⁶ The grave^[a] wrapped its ropes around me;
    death laid a trap in my path.

“I cried out to the Lord in my great trouble,
    and he answered me.
I called to you from the land of the dead,^[a]
    and Lord, you heard me!

²⁷ Fear of the Lord is a life-giving fountain;
    it offers escape from the snares of death.

¹⁴ The instruction of the wise is like a life-giving fountain;
    those who accept it avoid the snares of death.

²² An evil man is held captive by his own sins;
    they are ropes that catch and hold him.

⁵ The proud have set a trap to catch me;
    they have stretched out a net;
    they have placed traps all along the way. Interlude

⁵ The grave^[a] wrapped its ropes around me;
    death laid a trap in my path.

⁸ If they are bound in chains
    and caught up in a web of trouble,