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110 The wicked have laid a snare for me,
    but I do not stray from your precepts.(A)

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110 The wicked have set a snare(A) for me,
    but I have not strayed(B) from your precepts.

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110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.

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Keep me from the trap that they have laid for me
    and from the snares of evildoers.(A)

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Keep me safe(A) from the traps set by evildoers,(B)
    from the snares(C) they have laid for me.

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Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.

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The arrogant have hidden a trap for me,
    and with cords they have spread a net,[a]
    along the road they have set snares for me. Selah(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 140.5 Or they have spread cords as a net

The arrogant have hidden a snare(A) for me;
    they have spread out the cords of their net(B)
    and have set traps(C) for me along my path.

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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.

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95 The wicked lie in wait to destroy me,
    but I consider your decrees.

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95 The wicked are waiting to destroy me,(A)
    but I will ponder your statutes.(B)

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95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.

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85 The arrogant have dug pitfalls for me;
    they flout your law.(A)

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85 The arrogant(A) dig pits(B) to trap me,
    contrary to your law.

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85 The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.

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10 With my whole heart I seek you;
    do not let me stray from your commandments.(A)

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10 I seek you with all my heart;(A)
    do not let me stray from your commands.(B)

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10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.

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22 May a cry be heard from their houses
    when you bring the marauder suddenly upon them!
For they have dug a pit to catch me
    and laid snares for my feet.(A)

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22 Let a cry(A) be heard from their houses
    when you suddenly bring invaders against them,
for they have dug a pit(B) to capture me
    and have hidden snares(C) for my feet.

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22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

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Blessed be the Lord,
    who has not given us
    as prey to their teeth.(A)
We have escaped like a bird
    from the snare of the hunters;
the snare is broken,
    and we have escaped.(B)

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Praise be to the Lord,
    who has not let us be torn by their teeth.
We have escaped like a bird
    from the fowler’s snare;(A)
the snare has been broken,(B)
    and we have escaped.

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Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

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They sit in ambush in the villages;
    in hiding places they murder the innocent.

Their eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;(A)
    they lurk in secret like a lion in its den;
they lurk that they may seize the poor;
    they seize the poor and drag them off in their net.(B)

10 They stoop, they crouch,
    and the helpless fall by their might.
11 They think in their heart, “God has forgotten;
    he has hidden his face; he will never see it.”(C)

12 Rise up, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand;
    do not forget the oppressed.(D)
13 Why do the wicked renounce God
    and say in their hearts, “You will not call us to account”?

14 But you do see! Indeed, you note trouble and grief,
    that you may take it into your hands;
the helpless commit themselves to you;
    you have been the helper of the orphan.(E)

15 Break the arm of the wicked and evildoers;
    seek out their wickedness until you find none.(F)
16 The Lord is king forever and ever;
    the nations shall perish from his land.(G)

17 O Lord, you will hear the desire of the meek;
    you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear(H)
18 to do justice for the orphan and the oppressed,
    so that those from earth may strike terror no more.[a](I)

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Footnotes

  1. 10.18 Meaning of Heb uncertain

He lies in wait(A) near the villages;
    from ambush he murders the innocent.(B)
His eyes watch in secret for his victims;
    like a lion in cover he lies in wait.
He lies in wait to catch the helpless;(C)
    he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.(D)
10 His victims are crushed,(E) they collapse;
    they fall under his strength.
11 He says to himself, “God will never notice;(F)
    he covers his face and never sees.”(G)

12 Arise,(H) Lord! Lift up your hand,(I) O God.
    Do not forget the helpless.(J)
13 Why does the wicked man revile God?(K)
    Why does he say to himself,
    “He won’t call me to account”?(L)
14 But you, God, see the trouble(M) of the afflicted;
    you consider their grief and take it in hand.
The victims commit themselves to you;(N)
    you are the helper(O) of the fatherless.
15 Break the arm of the wicked man;(P)
    call the evildoer to account for his wickedness
    that would not otherwise be found out.

16 The Lord is King for ever and ever;(Q)
    the nations(R) will perish from his land.
17 You, Lord, hear the desire of the afflicted;(S)
    you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,(T)
18 defending the fatherless(U) and the oppressed,(V)
    so that mere earthly mortals
    will never again strike terror.

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He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.

He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.

10 He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.

11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.

12 Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.

13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.

14 Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.

15 Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

16 The Lord is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.

17 Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:

18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.

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