Psalms 141:9
Keep me safe from the trap they have laid for me, from the snares of the workers of trouble.
Open English Bible (US)
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 my eyes are turned towards you, O Lord. Do not pour out my life, for in you I take refuge.
10Into their own nets let wicked people fall; while I pass by in safety.
Cross References
Psalms 57:7My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast. I would sing, I would make music;
Psalms 119:110The wicked set traps for me, yet I do not stray from your precepts.
Psalms 142:3When my spirit is faint within me, my path is known to you. In the way I am wont to walk in, they have hidden a trap for me.
Luke 20:20Having watched their opportunity, they afterward sent some spies, who pretended to be good men, to catch Jesus in the course of conversation, and so enable them to give him up to the Governor’s jurisdiction and authority.
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 →