9:15 The nations fell 1 into the pit they had made;
their feet were caught in the net they had hidden. 2
119:85 The arrogant dig pits to trap me, 3
which violates your law. 4
140:5 Proud men hide a snare for me;
evil men 5 spread a net by the path;
they set traps for me. (Selah)
18:8 For he has been thrown into a net by his feet 6
and he wanders into a mesh. 7
1 tn Heb “sank down.”
2 sn The hostility of the nations against God’s people is their downfall, for it prompts God to intervene and destroy them. See also Ps 7:15-16.
3 tn Heb “for me.”
4 tn Heb “which [is] not according to your law.”
5 tn Heb “and ropes,” but many prefer to revocalize the noun as a participle (חֹבְלִים, khovÿlim) from the verb חָבַל (khaval, “act corruptly”).
6 tn See Ps 25:15.
7 tn The word שְׂבָכָה (sÿvakhah) is used in scripture for the lattice window (2 Kgs 1:2). The Arabic cognate means “to be intertwined.” So the term could describe a net, matting, grating, or lattice. Here it would be the netting stretched over a pit.