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 31:4

31:4 You will free me ³  from the net they hid for me,

for you are my place of refuge.

Psalms 35:7

35:7 I did not harm them, but they hid a net to catch me

and dug a pit to trap me. 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)

Psalms 142:3

142:3 Even when my strength leaves me, ⁶ 

you watch my footsteps. ⁷ 

In the path where I walk

they have hidden a trap for me.

[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.

[31:4]  ³ tn Heb “bring me out.” The translation assumes that the imperfect verbal form expresses the psalmist’s confidence about the future. Another option is to take the form as expressing a prayer, “free me.”

[35:7]  ⁵ tc Heb “for without cause they hid for me a pit of their net, without cause they dug for my life.” It appears that the words “pit” and “net” have been transposed. “Net” goes with the verb “hid” in the first line (see v. 8, as well as Pss 9:15; 31:4), while “pit” goes with the verb “dug” in the second line (see Ps 7:15).

[140:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “and ropes,” but many prefer to revocalize the noun as a participle (חֹבְלִים, khovÿlim) from the verb חָבַל (khaval, “act corruptly”).

[142:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “my spirit grows faint.”

[142:3]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “you know my path.”