Psalm 119:110

110 The wicked have ¹laid a snare for me, Yet I have not ²gone astray from Your precepts.

Psalm 119:110 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 119:110

The wicked have laid a snare for me
To draw him into sin, and so into mischief; and even to take away his life, as they are said to dig pits for him, ( Psalms 119:85 ) ;

yet I erred not from thy precepts:
not wilfully and wickedly, though through inadvertence and infirmity, as he often did, and every good man does; and indeed his errors are so many, that they cannot be understood and numbered. The sense is, he kept on in the way of his duty; did not desist from that, or wickedly depart from his God, and his worship, to escape the snares of bad men.

Psalm 119:110 In-Context

108 O accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD , And teach me Your ordinances.

109 My life is continually in my hand, Yet I do not forget Your law.

110 The wicked have laid a snare for me, Yet I have not gone astray from Your precepts.

111 I have inherited Your testimonies forever, For they are the joy of my heart.

112 I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes Forever, even to the end. Samekh.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 91:3; Psalms 140:5; Psalms 141:9
• 2. Psalms 119:10