Psalm 141:9

9 (140-9) Keep me from the snare, which they have laid for me, and from the stumblingblocks of them that work iniquity.

Psalm 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 ) .

Psalm 141:9 In-Context

7 (140-7) As when the thickness of the earth is broken up upon the ground: Our bones are scattered by the side of hell.

8 (140-8) But to thee, O Lord, Lord, are my eyes: in thee have I put my trust, take not away my soul.

9 (140-9) Keep me from the snare, which they have laid for me, and from the stumblingblocks of them that work iniquity.

10 (140-10) The wicked shall fall in his net: I am alone until I pass.