Psalms 141:9
Give me not up, O Lord, from my desire to the wicked: they have plotted against me; do not thou forsake me, lest they should triumph.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
8O Lord, Lord, the strength of my salvation: thou hast overshadowed my head in the day of battle.
10The head of them compassing me about: the labour of their lips shall overwhelm them.
Cross References
Psalms 57:7They prepared a snare for my feet; and they bowed down my soul. They dug a pit before my face, and they are fallen into it.
Psalms 142:3Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth: and a door round about my lips.
Proverbs 13:14The law of the wise is a fountain of life, that he may decline from the ruin of death.
Luke 20:20And being upon the watch, they sent spies, who should feign themselves just, that they might take hold of him in his words, that they might deliver him up to the authority and power 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 →