Jehoram turned his chariot around and took off. ¹  He said to Ahaziah, “It’s a trap, ²  Ahaziah!”

The nations fell ¹  into the pit they had made; their feet were caught in the net they had hidden. ² 

The wicked lay a trap for me, but I do not wander from your precepts.

but these men lie in wait for their own blood, ¹  they ambush their own lives! ² 

if ¹  you have been ensnared ²  by the words you have uttered, ³  and have been caught by the words you have spoken,

The evil person is ensnared ¹  by the transgression of his speech, ²  but the righteous person escapes out of trouble. ³ 

But Jesus realized their evil intentions and said, “Hypocrites! Why are you testing me?

plotting against ¹  him, to catch ²  him in something he might say.

They worshiped ¹  their idols, which became a snare to them. ² 

I discovered this: ¹  More bitter than death is the kind of ²  woman ³  who is like a hunter’s snare; ⁴  her heart is like a hunter’s net and her hands are like prison chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her.

The one who runs away from the sound of the terror will fall into the pit; ¹  the one who climbs out of the pit, will be trapped by the snare. For the floodgates of the heavens ²  are opened up ³  and the foundations of the earth shake.

They have prepared a net to trap me; ¹  I am discouraged. ²  They have dug a pit for me. ³  They will fall ⁴  into it! (Selah)

ר (Resh) Our very life breath – the Lord’s anointed king ¹  – was caught in their traps, ²  of whom we thought, ³  “Under his protection ⁴  we will survive among the nations.”

The nations – the surrounding regions – attacked him. They threw their net over him; he was caught in their pit.

All your allies ¹  will force ²  you from your homeland! ³  Your treaty partners ⁴  will deceive you and overpower you. Your trusted friends ⁵  will set an ambush ⁶  for ⁷  you that will take you by surprise! ⁸ 

At the same time the men who had taken the city came out to fight, and the men of Ai were trapped in the middle. ¹  The Israelites struck them down, leaving no survivors or refugees.

Surely, no one ¹  knows his appointed time! ²  Like fish that are caught in a deadly ³  net, and like birds that are caught in a snare – just like them, all people ⁴  are ensnared ⁵  at an unfortunate ⁶  time that falls upon them suddenly.

Surely it is futile to spread ¹  a net in plain sight of ²  any bird, ³ 

The wicked become ¹  a ransom ²  for the righteous, and the faithless ³  are taken ⁴  in the place of the upright.

The one ¹  who flatters ²  his neighbor spreads a net ³  for his steps. ⁴