Psalms 141:9
Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
King James Version
In Context
8But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.
Cross References
Psalms 57:7My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.
Psalms 119:110The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
Psalms 142:3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
Proverbs 13:14The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Luke 20:20And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto 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 →