Psalm 7:15
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
V
15 Consider how one conceives iniquity;
is pregnant with mischief,
and gives birth to deception.(A)
Psalm 9:16-17
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
VI
16 The nations fall into the pit they dig;
in the snare they hide, their own foot is caught.
17 [a]The Lord is revealed in making judgments:
by the deeds they do the wicked are trapped.(A)
Higgaion. Selah
Psalm 140:5-6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
II
5 Keep me, Lord, from the clutches of the wicked;
preserve me from the violent,
who plot to trip me up.(A)
6 [a]The arrogant have set a trap for me;
they have spread out ropes for a net,
laid snares for me by the wayside.
Selah
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