Psalms 141:9 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 141:9

Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, And from the gins of the workers of iniquity.

KJV

Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

Homily 51, on Psalm 140 (420)

Keep me from the snare which they have set for me. Always either heretics or demons stretch snares for us. For faults are near to virtues. They have set a snare for me in almsgiving, if I stretch out my hand so that men may see, and, as though doing a good deed, I come into a fault and into sin. But if I give a tunic to a brother so that another may see, they have set a snare for me. Always nets are stretched for stags and snares are set, where the hunter has caught their tracks.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 7 (1885)

Keep me from, the snares which they have laid for me. He had before asked, in Ps 141:3, that the door of his mouth might be kept; but his prayer now grows into "Keep me." He seems more in trouble about covert temptation than concerning open attacks. Brave men do not dread battle, but they hate secret plots. We cannot endure to be entrapped like unsuspecting animals; therefore we cry to the God of wisdom for protection. And the gins of the workers of iniquity. These evil workers sought to catch David in his speech or acts.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
שָׁמְרֵ֗נִי	sha.me.Re.ni	keep me	H8104 →
מִ֣ידֵי	Mi.dei	from [the] hands of	H3027 →
פַ֭ח	fach	[the] trap	H6341 →
יָ֣קְשׁוּ	Ya.ke.shu	[which] they have laid	H3369 →
לִ֑י	Li	for me
וּ֝מֹקְשׁ֗וֹת	u.mo.ke.Shot	and [the] snares of	H4170 →
פֹּ֣עֲלֵי	Po.'a.lei	[those who] do	H6466 →
אָֽוֶן׃	'A.ven	<of> wickedness	H205 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 119:110
The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from Your precepts.
leads to
- Psalms 140:5
  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
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 119:95
  The wicked wait to destroy me, but I will ponder Your testimonies.
Through
Psalms 140:5
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
leads to
- Psalms 35:7
  For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.
- Psalms 142:3
  Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.
- Jeremiah 18:22
  Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring raiders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet.
Through
Luke 20:20
So they watched Him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They were hoping to catch Him in His words in order to hand Him over to the rule and authority of…
leads to
- Luke 11:54
  waiting to catch Him in something He might say.
Through
Proverbs 13:14
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death.
leads to
- Proverbs 14:27
  The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death.
- Proverbs 10:11
  The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

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Saul attempts to kill David (the harpist of Israel) — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

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Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Psalms