Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful schemes against those who live quietly in the land.
Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.
The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah
And as he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you worthless man of bloodshed!
For strangers rise up against me, and ruthless men seek my life—men with no regard for God. Selah
The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from Your precepts.
May those who seek my life be disgraced and put to shame; may those who plan to harm me be driven back and confounded.
When the scribes and chief priests realized that Jesus had spoken this parable against them, they sought to arrest Him t
Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,
Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.
How long will you threaten a man? Will all of you throw him down like a leaning wall or a tottering fence?
He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.