Psalms 141:9
Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, and from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
Darby Translation
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 unto thee, Jehovah, Lord, are mine eyes; in thee do I trust: leave not my soul destitute.
10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that *I* withal pass over.
Cross References
Psalms 57:7My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing, yea, I will sing psalms.
Psalms 119:110The wicked have laid a snare for me; but I have not wandered from thy precepts.
Psalms 142:3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then *thou* knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they hidden a snare for me.
Proverbs 13:14The teaching of the wise [man] is a fountain of life, to turn away from the snares of death.
Luke 20:20And having watched [him], they sent out suborned persons, pretending to be just men, that they might take hold of him in [his] language, so that they might deliver him up to the power and 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 →