The nations have sunk down into the pit they made, their feet are ensnared in the trap they set.

My eyes look to the LORD continuously, because he's the one who releases my feet from the trap.

Rescue me from the net that they concealed to trap me; for you are my strength.

Without justification they laid a snare for me; without justification they dug a pit to trap me.

You crown the year with your goodness; your footsteps drop prosperity behind them.

The wilderness pastures drip with dew, and the hills wrap themselves with joy.

You have led us into a trap and set burdens on our backs.

Remember your community, whom you purchased long ago, the tribe whom you redeemed for your possession. Remember Mount Zion, where you live.

He rejected the clan of Joseph; and the tribe of Ephraim he did not choose.

But he chose the tribe of Judah, the mountain of Zion, which he loves.

With their hands they will lift you up so you will not trip over a stone.

They worshipped their idols, and this became a trap for them.

Though the wicked lay a trap for me, I haven't wandered away from your precepts.

We have escaped like a bird from the hunter's trap. The trap has been broken, and we have escaped.

Protect me, LORD, from the control of evil people, from violent men who have planned to trip me.

The arrogant have laid a trap for me; they have spread a net with ropes, lining it with snares along the way. Interlude

Protect me from the trap laid for me and from the snares of those who practice evil.

Though my spirit grows faint within me, you are aware of my path. Wherever I go, they have hidden a trap for me.