124:7 We escaped with our lives, 1 like a bird from a hunter’s snare.
The snare broke, and we escaped.
140:5 Proud men hide a snare for me;
evil men 2 spread a net by the path;
they set traps for me. (Selah)
1 tn Heb “our life escaped.”
2 tn Heb “and ropes,” but many prefer to revocalize the noun as a participle (חֹבְלִים, khovÿlim) from the verb חָבַל (khaval, “act corruptly”).