For the figures trap and snares used in verses 9-10, see 140.4-5. In verse 10 the word for nets occurs only here in the Old Testament. The Hebrew text has “his nets,” which Dahood takes to be Yahweh’s nets; Syriac has “their nets,” and this is taken by most translators to be the sense of the Hebrew text. But the word which Revised Standard Version translates together is taken by some to mean “each one,” with the result “each one (fall) into his own net,” which is possible (so New American Bible, Bible de Jérusalem, New Jerusalem Bible). Others take the word to mean “only, alone” and read it as the first word of the final line: “while I alone escape.” Anderson proposes “while I escape all in one piece.” For the wish expressed in verse 10a, see the statements in 7.15-16; 9.15-16; 57.6; 140.9.

Quoted with permission from Bratcher, Robert G. and Reyburn, William D. A Handbook on the Book of Psalms. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1991. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .