Psalms 141:9
Keep me out of the clutches of the trap they have set for me, and the snares of the workers of iniquity.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
10They who are lawless, shall fall into the nooses thereof, while, I, at the same time, pass on.
Cross References
Psalms 57:7Fixed is my heart, O God, Fixed is my heart, I will sing, and touch the strings.
Psalms 119:110The lawless have set a snare for me, Yet, from thy precepts, have I not strayed.
Psalms 142:3When my spirit fainted concerning myself, then, thou, didst take note of my path,—In the course which I was about to take, they had hidden a snare for me.
Proverbs 13:14the instruction of the wise, is a well-spring of life, by departing from the snares of death.
Luke 20:20And, watching narrowly, they sent forth suborned men, feigning themselves to be, righteous, that they might lay hold of a word of his, so as to deliver him up unto the rule and 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 →