Psalms 141:9

9 Keep me safe from the traps set by evildoers, from the snares they have laid for me.

Psalms 141:9 in Other Translations

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

9 Keep me from the trap that they have laid for me and from the snares of evildoers!

9 Keep me from the traps they have set for me, from the snares of those who do wrong.

9 Protect me from their evil scheming, from all their demonic subterfuge.

9 Protect me from the trap they have set for me, and from the snares of evildoers.

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 one plows and breaks up the earth, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of the grave.”

8 But my eyes are fixed on you, Sovereign LORD; in you I take refuge—do not give me over to death.

9 Keep me safe from the traps set by evildoers, from the snares they have laid for me.

10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 140:4
• 2. S Psalms 64:5
• 3. S Psalms 38:12