When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then you knew my path. In the way in which I walked have they secretly laid a snare for me.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Knewest. With approbation, (Psalm i. 6.; Haydock) my deportment towards Saul, and also the dangers to which I was exposed, and the means of escaping.
They. Ancient psalters add, "the proud "from Psalm cxxxvi. 6. (Calmet)
The devil and his agents attack the just at all times. (St. Jerome)
When I was reduced to such distress that I could not help myself, thou didst approve of my conduct, and deliver me. (Worthington)