Psalms 141:9

9 Keep me from the ¹jaws of the trap which they have set for me, And from the ²snares of those who do iniquity.

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 As when one plows and breaks open the earth, Our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

8 For my eyes are toward You, O GOD, the Lord ; In You I take refuge; do not leave me defenseless .

9 Keep me from the jaws of the trap which they have set for me, And from the snares of those who do iniquity.

10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, While I pass by safely.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 38:12; Psalms 64:5; Psalms 91:3; Psalms 119:110
• 2. Psalms 140:5

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "hands of the trap"