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Protect me from the snare they have laid for me,
and the traps the evildoers have set.[a]
10 Let the wicked fall[b] into their[c] own nets,
while I escape.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 141:9 tn Heb “and the traps of the doers of evil.”
  2. Psalm 141:10 tn The prefixed verbal form is understood as a jussive of prayer. Another option is to translate, “the wicked will fall.”
  3. Psalm 141:10 tn Heb “his.”
  4. Psalm 141:10 tn Heb “at the same [that] I, until I pass by.” Another option is to take יַחַד (yakhad) with the preceding line, “let the wicked fall together into their own nets.”

Keep me safe(A) from the traps set by evildoers,(B)
    from the snares(C) they have laid for me.
10 Let the wicked fall(D) into their own nets,
    while I pass by in safety.(E)

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