be delivered i.e. from the destruction wrought by the "mouth of the hypocrite, (or godless man R.V.)". His knowledge will enable him to see and avoid the snare (παγὶς, LXX.).

Some, however, would render, "through the knowledge of the righteous shall they (i.e. the neighbour of the first clause, which as a noun of multitude may have a plural verb) be delivered." This may be intended by the LXX.: ἐν στόματι ἀσεβῶν παγὶς πολίταις, αἴσθησις δὲ δικαίων εὔοδος (sc. πολίταις).

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