Psalms 141:9
Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
World English 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
8For my eyes are on you, LORD, the Lord. I take refuge in you. Don’t leave my soul destitute.
10Let the wicked fall together into their own nets while I pass by.
Cross References
Psalms 57:7My heart is steadfast, God. My heart is steadfast. I will sing, yes, I will sing praises.
Psalms 119:110The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven’t gone astray from your precepts.
Psalms 142:3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, you knew my route. On the path in which I walk, they have hidden a snare for me.
Proverbs 13:14The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn from the snares of death.
Luke 20:20They watched him and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and 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 →