³ Surely he will save you
    from the fowler’s snare^(A)
    and from the deadly pestilence.^(B)

⁹ Keep me safe^(A) from the traps set by evildoers,^(B)
    from the snares^(C) they have laid for me.

⁷ We have escaped like a bird
    from the fowler’s snare;^(A)
the snare has been broken,^(B)
    and we have escaped.

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)

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

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)