know ¹  then that God has wronged me ²  and encircled ³  me with his net. ⁴ 

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

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

For he has been thrown into a net by his feet ¹  and he wanders into a mesh. ² 

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

I continually look to the Lord for help, ¹  for he will free my feet from the enemy’s net. ² 

You will free me ¹  from the net they hid for me, for you are my place of refuge.

I did not harm them, but they hid a net to catch me and dug a pit to trap me. ¹ 

Let destruction take them by surprise! ¹  Let the net they hid catch them! Let them fall into destruction! ² 

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

Will he then ¹  continue to fill and empty his throw net? ²  Will he always ³  destroy ⁴  nations and spare none? ⁵ 

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)

Proud men hide a snare for me; evil men ¹  spread a net by the path; they set traps for me. (Selah)

He lies in ambush in a hidden place, like a lion in a thicket; ¹  he lies in ambush, waiting to catch ²  the oppressed; he catches the oppressed ³  by pulling in his net. ⁴ 

The fishermen will mourn and lament, all those who cast a fishhook into the river, and those who spread out a net on the water’s surface will grieve. ¹ 

מ (Mem) He sent down fire ¹  into my bones, and it overcame ²  them. He spread out a trapper’s net ³  for my feet; he made me turn back. He has made me desolate; I am faint all day long.

But I will throw my net over him, and he will be caught in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans ¹  (but he will not see it), ²  and there he will die. ³ 

I will throw my net over him and he will be caught in my snare; I will bring him to Babylon and judge him there because of the unfaithfulness he committed against me.

“‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: “‘I will throw my net over you ¹  in the assembly of many peoples; and they will haul you up in my dragnet.

Hear this, you priests! Pay attention, you Israelites! ¹  Listen closely, ²  O king! ³  For judgment is about to overtake you! ⁴  For you were like a trap ⁵  to Mizpah, ⁶  like a net ⁷  spread out to catch Tabor. ⁸