We have escaped like a bird from the hunter’s net;
the net is torn, and we have escaped.(A)

Read full chapter

We have escaped like a bird
    from the fowler’s snare;(A)
the snare has been broken,(B)
    and we have escaped.

Read full chapter

Protect me from the trap they have set for me,
and from the snares of evildoers.(A)

Read full chapter

Keep me safe(A) from the traps set by evildoers,(B)
    from the snares(C) they have laid for me.

Read full chapter

12 For certainly no one knows his time:(A) like fish caught in a cruel net or like birds caught in a trap,(B) so people are trapped in an evil time(C) as it suddenly falls on them.(D)

Read full chapter

12 Moreover, no one knows when their hour will come:

As fish are caught in a cruel net,
    or birds are taken in a snare,
so people are trapped by evil times(A)
    that fall unexpectedly upon them.(B)

Read full chapter