For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
He walketh upon - rather, 'he lets himself go х yithalaak (H1980)] into the net' (Umbreit). If the English version be retained, then understand "snare" to be the pitfall, covered over with branches and earth, which, when walked upon, gave way (Psalms 9:15; Psalms 35:8). In following "his own counsel" (Job 18:7), which he fancies will secure him against calamity, he walks unwittingly into it.