Being afraid of what other people might do is spoken of as stepping into a trap. Alternate translation: "Anyone who is afraid of what other people might do to him is like a person who has become snared in a trap" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
This can be translated in active form. Alternate translation: "Yahweh will protect the one who trusts in him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])