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For he will rescue you from every trap
    and protect you from deadly disease.

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Surely he will save you
    from the fowler’s snare(A)
    and from the deadly pestilence.(B)

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Keep me from the traps they have set for me,
    from the snares of those who do wrong.

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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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We escaped like a bird from a hunter’s trap.
    The trap is broken, and we are free!

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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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10 He gives rain for the earth
    and water for the fields.
11 He gives prosperity to the poor
    and protects those who suffer.
12 He frustrates the plans of schemers
    so the work of their hands will not succeed.
13 He traps the wise in their own cleverness
    so their cunning schemes are thwarted.
14 They find it is dark in the daytime,
    and they grope at noon as if it were night.
15 He rescues the poor from the cutting words of the strong,
    and rescues them from the clutches of the powerful.
16 And so at last the poor have hope,
    and the snapping jaws of the wicked are shut.

17 “But consider the joy of those corrected by God!
    Do not despise the discipline of the Almighty when you sin.
18 For though he wounds, he also bandages.
    He strikes, but his hands also heal.
19 From six disasters he will rescue you;
    even in the seventh, he will keep you from evil.
20 He will save you from death in time of famine,
    from the power of the sword in time of war.
21 You will be safe from slander
    and have no fear when destruction comes.
22 You will laugh at destruction and famine;
    wild animals will not terrify you.

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10 He provides rain for the earth;(A)
    he sends water on the countryside.(B)
11 The lowly he sets on high,(C)
    and those who mourn(D) are lifted(E) to safety.
12 He thwarts the plans(F) of the crafty,
    so that their hands achieve no success.(G)
13 He catches the wise(H) in their craftiness,(I)
    and the schemes of the wily are swept away.(J)
14 Darkness(K) comes upon them in the daytime;
    at noon they grope as in the night.(L)
15 He saves the needy(M) from the sword in their mouth;
    he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.(N)
16 So the poor(O) have hope,
    and injustice shuts its mouth.(P)

17 “Blessed is the one whom God corrects;(Q)
    so do not despise the discipline(R) of the Almighty.[a](S)
18 For he wounds, but he also binds up;(T)
    he injures, but his hands also heal.(U)
19 From six calamities he will rescue(V) you;
    in seven no harm will touch you.(W)
20 In famine(X) he will deliver you from death,
    and in battle from the stroke of the sword.(Y)
21 You will be protected from the lash of the tongue,(Z)
    and need not fear(AA) when destruction comes.(AB)
22 You will laugh(AC) at destruction and famine,(AD)
    and need not fear the wild animals.(AE)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 5:17 Hebrew Shaddai; here and throughout Job

But people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.

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Those who want to get rich(A) fall into temptation and a trap(B) and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

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23     awaiting the arrow that would pierce its heart.
He was like a bird flying into a snare,
    little knowing it would cost him his life.

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23     till an arrow pierces(A) his liver,
like a bird darting into a snare,
    little knowing it will cost him his life.(B)

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Save yourself like a gazelle escaping from a hunter,
    like a bird fleeing from a net.

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Free yourself, like a gazelle(A) from the hand of the hunter,(B)
    like a bird from the snare of the fowler.(C)

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12 People can never predict when hard times might come. Like fish in a net or birds in a trap, people are caught by sudden tragedy.

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12 Moreover, no one knows when their hour will come:

As fish are caught in a cruel net,
    or birds are taken in a snare,
so people are trapped by evil times(A)
    that fall unexpectedly upon them.(B)

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26 Then they will come to their senses and escape from the devil’s trap. For they have been held captive by him to do whatever he wants.

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26 and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil,(A) who has taken them captive to do his will.

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46 And Moses said to Aaron, “Quick, take an incense burner and place burning coals on it from the altar. Lay incense on it, and carry it out among the people to purify them and make them right with the Lord.[a] The Lord’s anger is blazing against them—the plague has already begun.”

47 Aaron did as Moses told him and ran out among the people. The plague had already begun to strike down the people, but Aaron burned the incense and purified[b] the people. 48 He stood between the dead and the living, and the plague stopped.

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Footnotes

  1. 16:46 Or to make atonement for them.
  2. 16:47 Or and made atonement for.

46 Then Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer(A) and put incense in it, along with burning coals from the altar, and hurry to the assembly(B) to make atonement(C) for them. Wrath has come out from the Lord;(D) the plague(E) has started.” 47 So Aaron did as Moses said, and ran into the midst of the assembly. The plague had already started among the people,(F) but Aaron offered the incense and made atonement for them. 48 He stood between the living and the dead, and the plague stopped.(G)

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Does a bird ever get caught in a trap
    that has no bait?
Does a trap spring shut
    when there’s nothing to catch?

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Does a bird swoop down to a trap on the ground
    when no bait(A) is there?
Does a trap spring up from the ground
    if it has not caught anything?

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The prophet is a watchman over Israel[a] for my God,
    yet traps are laid for him wherever he goes.
    He faces hostility even in the house of God.

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Footnotes

  1. 9:8 Hebrew Ephraim, referring to the northern kingdom of Israel; also in 9:11, 13, 16.

The prophet, along with my God,
    is the watchman over Ephraim,[a]
yet snares(A) await him on all his paths,
    and hostility in the house of his God.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 9:8 Or The prophet is the watchman over Ephraim, / the people of my God

Do not dread the disease that stalks in darkness,
    nor the disaster that strikes at midday.

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nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
    nor the plague that destroys at midday.

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