Psalms 141:9
Guard me from the power of the snare which they have laid for me, and the traps of the wrong-doers.
Leeser Tanakh
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 unto thee, O Eternal Lord, are my eyes directed; in thee do I trust: pour not out my life.
10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, altogether—while I pass safely by.
Cross References
Psalms 57:7(57:8) Firm is my heart, O God, firm is my heart: I will sing and play.
Psalms 119:110The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet have I not erred from thy precepts.
Psalms 142:3(142:4) When my spirit was overwhelmed within me—and thou knowest well my path—on the way whereon I desired to walk they had secretly laid a snare for me.
Proverbs 13:14The instruction of the wise is a source of life, [teaching] to avoid 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 →