⁶ They spread a net for my feet^(A)—
    I was bowed down^(B) in distress.
They dug a pit^(C) in my path—
    but they have fallen into it themselves.^(D)

²⁷ Whoever digs a pit^(A) will fall into it;^(B)
    if someone rolls a stone, it will roll back on them.^(C)

¹⁸ The one whose walk is blameless is kept safe,^(A)
    but the one whose ways are perverse will fall^(B) into the pit.^[a]