Mazmur 31:4

31:4 You will free me ¹  from the net they hid for me,

for you are my place of refuge.

Mazmur 140:5

140:5 Proud men hide a snare for me;

evil men ²  spread a net by the path;

they set traps for me. (Selah)

Mazmur 141:9

141:9 Protect me from the snare they have laid for me,

and the traps the evildoers have set. ³ 

[31:4]  ¹ 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.”

[140:5]  ² tn Heb “and ropes,” but many prefer to revocalize the noun as a participle (חֹבְלִים, khovÿlim) from the verb חָבַל (khaval, “act corruptly”).

[141:9]  ³ tn Heb “and the traps of the doers of evil.”