Psalms 9:15

9:15 The nations fell ¹  into the pit they had made;

their feet were caught in the net they had hidden. ² 

Psalms 119:85

119:85 The arrogant dig pits to trap me, ³ 

which violates your law. ⁴ 

Psalms 140:5

140:5 Proud men hide a snare for me;

evil men ⁵  spread a net by the path;

they set traps for me. (Selah)

Job 18:8

18:8 For he has been thrown into a net by his feet ⁶ 

and he wanders into a mesh. ⁷ 

[9:15]  ¹ tn Heb “sank down.”

[9:15]  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.

[119:85]  ³ tn Heb “for me.”

[119:85]  ⁴ tn Heb “which [is] not according to your law.”

[140:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “and ropes,” but many prefer to revocalize the noun as a participle (חֹבְלִים, khovÿlim) from the verb חָבַל (khaval, “act corruptly”).

[18:8]  ⁶ tn See Ps 25:15.

[18:8]  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.