For without cause have they hid for me their net {in} a pit, {which} without cause they have digged for my soul.

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.

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.

Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, {and} to turn away thy wrath from them.

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.

Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.

The proud have digged pits for me, which {are} not after thy law.

They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen {themselves}. Selah.

Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

Keep me from the snares {which} they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.

And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge {him} vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:

Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou {art} my strength.

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

A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.

The gin shall take {him} by the heel, {and} the robber shall prevail against him.

Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.

The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek {after God}: God {is} not in all his thoughts. {God is...: or, all his thoughts are, There is no God}

The proud have forged a lie against me: {but} I will keep thy precepts with {my} whole heart.

Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words. {with...: or, for the tongue}

A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.

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.

For without cause have they hid for me their net {in} a pit, {which} without cause they have digged for my soul.

Keep me from the snares {which} they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.

They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen {themselves}. Selah.

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

They encourage themselves {in} an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them? {matter: or, speech} {of...: Heb. to hide his snares}

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.

The wicked in {his} pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. {The wicked...: Heb. In the pride of the wicked he doth persecute}

Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou {art} my strength.

The bands of the wicked have robbed me: {but} I have not forgotten thy law. {bands: or, companies}

They also that seek after my life lay snares {for me}: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

The LORD {is} righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

Lay not wait, O wicked {man}, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent {men} have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them. {violent: Heb. terrible}

My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.

He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net. {secretly: Heb. in the secret places}

The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me; {sorrows: or, cords}

And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in {his} words.