Psalms 140:5

The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the way-side; they have set traps for me. Selah.

Darby Translation

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 Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked [man], preserve me from the violent man, who devise to overthrow my steps.

6I have said unto Jehovah, Thou art my God: give ear, O Jehovah, to the voice of my supplications.

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Cross References

Job 18:9The gin taketh [him] by the heel, the snare layeth 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 have they hidden for me their net [in] a pit; without cause they have digged [it] for my soul.

Psalms 43:1Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation; deliver me from the deceitful and unrighteous man.

Psalms 119:69The proud have forged falsehood against me: I will observe thy precepts with [my] whole heart.

Psalms 119:110The wicked have laid a snare for me; but I have not wandered 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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