Psalms 141:9
Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, and from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
In Context
8For my eyes are to thee, O lord LORD. In thee do I take refuge. Leave not my soul destitute.
10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass over.
Cross References
Psalms 57:7My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed. I will sing, yea, I will sing praises.
Psalms 119:110The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I have not gone astray from thy precepts.
Psalms 142:3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, thou knew my path. In the way in which I walk they have hidden a snare for me.
Proverbs 13:14The law of a wise man is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Luke 20:20And having watched him, they sent forth insidious men pretending themselves to be righteous, so that they might take hold of his word, in order to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 141:6-10
Reproofs of the Righteous; Complaints and Petitions. 5 Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities. 6 When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet. 7 Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth. 8 But mine eyes are unto thee, O God the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave… Read the whole commentary →