Psalms 141:9
Preserve me from the snares which they have laid for me, And from the nets of evil-doers!
Noyes Bible
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
8But to thee do my eyes look, O Lord Jehovah! In thee is my trust; Let not my life be poured out!
10Let the wicked fall together into their own traps, Whilst I make my escape!
Cross References
Psalms 57:7My heart is strengthened, O God! my heart is strengthened! I will sing, and give thanks.
Psalms 119:110The wicked lay snares for me, Yet do I not go astray from thy precepts.
Psalms 142:3When my spirit is overwhelmed within me, Thou knowest my path! In the way which I walk, they have hid a snare for me.
Proverbs 13:14The instruction of the wise is a fountain of life; By it men escape from the snares of death.
Luke 20:20And they kept watch on him, and sent forth spies feigning themselves to be righteous men, that they might take hold of his words, in order to deliver him up to the civil power and to the authority of the governor.
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 →