Psalms 140:5

The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords. They have spread a net by the wayside. They have set snares for me. Selah.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.

In Context

4Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of a wicked man. Preserve me from violent men, who have purposed to thrust aside my steps.

6I said to LORD, Thou are my God. Give ear to the voice of my supplications, O LORD.

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Cross References

Job 18:9A trap shall take [him] by the heel. A snare shall lay hold on him.

Psalms 17:8Keep me as the apple of the eye. Hide me under the shadow of thy wings,

Psalms 35:7For without cause they have hid their net for me [in] a pit. Without cause have they dug [a pit] for my soul.

Psalms 43:1Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against a profane nation. O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

Psalms 119:69The proud have forged a lie against me. With my whole heart I will keep thy precepts.

Psalms 119:110The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I have not gone astray from thy precepts.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 140:2-8

Complaints and Petitions. 1 Deliver me, O Lord , from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; 2 Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. 3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah. 4 Keep me, O Lord , from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings. 5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins… Read the whole commentary →

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