Psalm 142:3
New Living Translation
3 When I am overwhelmed,
you alone know the way I should turn.
Wherever I go,
my enemies have set traps for me.
Psalm 140:5
New Living Translation
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
Mark 14:33-36
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33 He took Peter, James, and John with him, and he became deeply troubled and distressed. 34 He told them, “My soul is crushed with grief to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.”
35 He went on a little farther and fell to the ground. He prayed that, if it were possible, the awful hour awaiting him might pass him by. 36 “Abba, Father,”[a] he cried out, “everything is possible for you. Please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.”
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- 14:36 Abba is an Aramaic term for “father.”
Jeremiah 18:22
New Living Translation
22 Let screaming be heard from their homes
as warriors come suddenly upon them.
For they have dug a pit for me
and have hidden traps along my path.
Psalm 143:4
New Living Translation
4 I am losing all hope;
I am paralyzed with fear.
Psalm 141:9
New Living Translation
9 Keep me from the traps they have set for me,
from the snares of those who do wrong.
Psalm 61:2
New Living Translation
2 From the ends of the earth,
I cry to you for help
when my heart is overwhelmed.
Lead me to the towering rock of safety,
Psalm 139:2-4
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2 You know when I sit down or stand up.
You know my thoughts even when I’m far away.
3 You see me when I travel
and when I rest at home.
You know everything I do.
4 You know what I am going to say
even before I say it, Lord.
Psalm 102:4
New Living Translation
4 My heart is sick, withered like grass,
and I have lost my appetite.
Psalm 77:3
New Living Translation
3 I think of God, and I moan,
overwhelmed with longing for his help. Interlude
Psalm 56:6
New Living Translation
6 They come together to spy on me—
watching my every step, eager to kill me.
Psalm 35:7-8
New Living Translation
7 I did them no wrong, but they laid a trap for me.
I did them no wrong, but they dug a pit to catch me.
8 So let sudden ruin come upon them!
Let them be caught in the trap they set for me!
Let them be destroyed in the pit they dug for me.
Psalm 31:4
New Living Translation
4 Pull me from the trap my enemies set for me,
for I find protection in you alone.
Psalm 22:14
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14 My life is poured out like water,
and all my bones are out of joint.
My heart is like wax,
melting within me.
Psalm 1:6
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6 For the Lord watches over the path of the godly,
but the path of the wicked leads to destruction.
Job 23:10
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10 “But he knows where I am going.
And when he tests me, I will come out as pure as gold.
Matthew 22:15
New Living Translation
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15 Then the Pharisees met together to plot how to trap Jesus into saying something for which he could be arrested.
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Psalm 17:3
New Living Translation
3 You have tested my thoughts and examined my heart in the night.
You have scrutinized me and found nothing wrong.
I am determined not to sin in what I say.
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