Psalms 140:5

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

American Standard 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 Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from the violent man: Who have purposed to thrust aside my steps.

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

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Cross References

Job 18:9A gin shall take [him] by the heel, [And] 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 have they hid for me their net [in] a pit; Without cause have they digged [a pit] for my soul.

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

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

Psalms 119:110The wicked have laid a snare for me; Yet have I 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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