Psalms 140:5

(140:6) The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the side of [my] track; traps have they set for me. Selah.

Leeser Tanakh

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) Preserve me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked, from the man of violence do thou keep me, who think of overthrowing my steps.

6(140:7) I have said unto the Lord, Thou art my God: give ear, O Lord, to the voice of my supplications.

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Cross References

Job 18:9The trap will seize him by the heel, and the robber will prevail over him.

Psalms 17:8Keep me as the apple of the eye; conceal me under the shadow of thy wings,

Psalms 35:7For without cause have they hidden for me their net in a pit, without cause have they dug [pit-falls] against my life.

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

Psalms 119:69The presumptuous have invented falsehoods against me; but I will with all my heart indeed keep thy precepts.

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