Psalms 140:5

(140-6) 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

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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

4(140-5) Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to make my steps slip.

6(140-7) I have said unto the LORD: 'Thou art my God'; give ear, O LORD, unto the voice of my supplications.

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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 in the shadow of Thy wings,

Psalms 35:7For without cause have they hid for me the pit, even their net, without cause have they digged for my soul.

Psalms 43:1Be Thou my judge, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation; O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

Psalms 119:69The proud have forged a lie against me; but I with my whole heart will keep Thy precepts.

Psalms 119:110The wicked have laid a snare for me; yet went I not 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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