Psalms 140:5

The righteous shall chasten me with mercy, and reprove me: 1 But let not the oil of the sinner anoint my head: 1 For yet shall my prayer also be in their pleasures. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

4Incline not my heart to evil things, 1 To employ pretexts for sins, 1 With men who work iniquity: 1 And let me not unite with their choice ones. 1

6Their mighty ones have been swallowed up near the rock: 1 They shall hear my words, for they are sweet. 1

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Cross References

Job 18:9And let snares come upon him: 1 He shall strengthen those that thirst for his destruction. 1

Psalms 17:8Then the earth shook and quaked, 1 And the foundations of the mountains were disturbed, 1 And were shaken, because God was angry with them. 1

Psalms 35:7Thy righteousness is as the mountains of God, 1 Thy judgments are as a great deep: 1 O Lord, thou wilt preserve men and beasts. 1

Psalms 43:1For the end, a Psalm for instruction, for the sons of Korah. 1

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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