Psalms 140:5 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 140:5

The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.

KJV

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ASV

The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set gins for me. [Selah

WEB

The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah

YLT

The proud hid a snare for me--and cords, They spread a net by the side of the path, Snares they have set for me. Selah.

DBT

The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the way-side; they have set traps for me. Selah.

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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32 verses on the floor

Luke 6:45
A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Psalms 35:7
For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
Psalms 31:20
Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
Psalms 142:3
When 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.
Psalms 141:9
Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.

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They are very spiteful, as full of malice as Satan himself: They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent, that infuses his venom with his tongue; and there is so much malignity in all they say that one would think there was nothing under their lips but adders' poison,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

), conceited of themselves and confident of their success; and herein also they resemble Satan, whose reigning ruining sin was pride. The pride of persecutors, though at present it be the terror, yet may be the encouragement, of the persecuted, for the more haughty they are the faster are they ripening for ruin.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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