Psalms 119:110
The wicked have set a snare for me, 1 but I have not strayed from your instructions. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
In Context
109My life is always in my hand, 1 yet I do not forget your law. 1
111I claim your covenant decrees as my heritage forever, 1 for they are the joy of my heart. 1
Cross References
Psalms 10:8He waits in ambush near the villages; 1 in the secret places he murders the innocent; 1 his eyes look for some helpless victim. 1
Psalms 57:7My heart is fixed, God, my heart is fixed; 1 I will sing, yes, I will sing praises. 1
Psalms 119:21You rebuke the proud, who are cursed, 1 who wander from your commandments. 1
Psalms 119:85The proud have dug pits for me, 1 defying your law. 1
Psalms 119:95The wicked prepare to destroy me, 1 but I will seek to understand your covenant decrees. 1
Psalms 140:5The proud have set a trap for me; 1 they have spread a net; 1 they have set a snare for me. Selah 1
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:110-111
109 My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law. 110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts. Here is, 1. David in danger of losing his life. There is but a step between him and death, for the wicked have laid a snare for him; Saul did so many a time, because he hated him for his piety. Wherever he was he found some design or other laid against him to take away his life, for it was that they aimed at. What they could not effect by open force they hoped to compass… Read the whole commentary →