Psalms 141:9
Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, and from the gins of the workers of iniquity.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 mine eyes are unto Thee, O GOD the Lord; in Thee have I taken refuge, O pour not out my soul.
10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst I withal escape.
Cross References
Psalms 57:7(57-8) My heart is stedfast, O God, my heart is stedfast; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises.
Psalms 119:110The wicked have laid a snare for me; yet went I not astray from Thy precepts.
Psalms 142:3(142-4) When my spirit fainteth within me — Thou knowest my path — in the way wherein I walk have they hidden a snare for me.
Proverbs 13:14The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
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 →