Psalms 141:9

9 Keep me from the traps of those who do evil. Save me from the traps they have set for me.

Psalms 141:9 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 141:9

Keep me from the snare [which] they have laid for me
Either Saul, who gave him a wife to be a snare to him, and set men to watch his house and take him; or the Ziphites, who proposed to Saul to deliver him into his hands; see ( 1 Samuel 18:21 ) ( 19:11 ) ( 1 Samuel 23:19 1 Samuel 23:20 ) .

and the gins of the workers of iniquity;
the transgressions of wicked men are snares to others, by way of example; and so are the doctrines of false teachers, and the temptations of Satan, from all which good men desire to be kept, ( Proverbs 29:6 ) ( Hosea 9:8 ) ( 2 Timothy 2:26 ) ; and it is the Lord alone that keeps and preserves from them, or breaks the snare and delivers them, ( Psalms 124:7 ) .

Psalms 141:9 In-Context

7 They will say, "As clumps of dirt are left from plowing up the ground, so our bones will be scattered near an open grave."

8 But LORD and King, I keep looking to you. I go to you for safety. Don't let me die.

9 Keep me from the traps of those who do evil. Save me from the traps they have set for me.

10 Let evil people fall into their own nets. But let me go safely on my way.