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II

Keep me, Lord, from the clutches of the wicked;
    preserve me from the violent,
    who plot to trip me up.(A)
[a]The arrogant have set a trap for me;
    they have spread out ropes for a net,
    laid snares for me by the wayside.
Selah

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Footnotes

  1. 140:6 Have set a trap…have spread out ropes for a net: the same figure, of hunters setting traps, occurs in Ps 9:16; 31:5; 35:7; 64:6, cf. Mt 22:15; Lk 11:54.

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.

I say to the Lord, “You are my God.”(D)
    Hear, Lord, my cry for mercy.(E)

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