The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.

The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.

When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.

The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.