⁶ They have made ready a net for my steps; my soul is bent down; they have made a great hole before me, and have gone down into it themselves. (Selah.)

¹⁴ The Lord is the support of all who are crushed, and the lifter up of all who are bent down.

⁵ The men of pride have put secret cords for my feet; stretching nets in my way, so that they may take me with their tricks. (Selah.)

³⁷ And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and became sad and very troubled.

³⁸ Then says he to them, My soul is very sad, even to death: keep watch with me here.

² The good man is gone from the earth, there is no one upright among men: they are all waiting secretly for blood, every man is going after his brother with a net.

⁵ A man who says smooth things to his neighbour is stretching out a net for his steps.

¹⁰ Anyone causing the upright to go wandering in an evil way, will himself go down into the hole he has made; but the upright will have good things for their heritage.

⁴ Because of this my spirit is overcome; and my heart is full of fear.

³ When my spirit is overcome, your eyes are on my goings; nets have been secretly placed in the way in which I go.

⁶ My soul is crushed down in me, so I will keep you in mind; from the land of Jordan and of the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.

⁷ For without cause they have put a net ready for me secretly, in which to take my soul.

⁸ Let destruction come on them without their knowledge; let them be taken themselves in their secret nets, falling into the same destruction.

¹⁵ The nations have gone down into the hole which they made: in their secret net is their foot taken.

¹⁶ The Lord has given knowledge of himself through his judging: the evil-doer is taken in the net which his hands had made. (Higgaion. Selah.)

¹⁵ He has made a hole deep in the earth, and is falling into the hole which he has made

¹⁶ His wrongdoing will come back to him, and his violent behaviour will come down on his head.

²² Go now, and take more steps, and see where he is living: for they say that he is expert in deceit.

²³ So take care to get knowledge of all the secret places where he is taking cover, and be certain to come back to me, and I will go with you: and without doubt, if he is anywhere in the land, I will get him, among all the families of Judah.

²⁴ And they went back and came to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the waste land of Maon, in the dry land south of the waste land.

²⁵ And Saul and his men went in search of him. And David had word of it, so he came down to the rock in the waste land of Maon. And Saul, hearing of this, went after David into the waste land of Maon.

²⁶ And Saul and his men went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men went on the other: and David's purpose was to get away as quickly as possible, for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men were making a circle round David and his men in order to take them.