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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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. {are...: Heb. hide themselves}

Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.

The proud have had me greatly in derision: {yet} have I not declined from thy law.

Thou hast rebuked the proud {that are} cursed, which do err from thy commandments.

And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.

If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

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

They also that seek after my life lay snares {for me}: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

Thou hast rebuked the proud {that are} cursed, which do err from thy commandments.

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.

Many {are} my persecutors and mine enemies; {yet} do I not decline from thy testimonies.