Psalms 140:5
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
Psalms 140:5 in other translations
| BSB | The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah |
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| WEB | The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah. |
| ASV | The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set gins for me. [Selah |
| YLT | The proud hid a snare for me--and cords, They spread a net by the side of the path, Snares they have set for me. Selah. |
| DARBY | The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the way-side; they have set traps for me. Selah. |
| BBE | The men of pride have put secret cords for my feet; stretching nets in my way, so that they may take me with their tricks. (Selah.) |
| Webster | The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the way side: they have set gins for me. Selah. |
What does Psalms 140:5 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 140:2-5
2-5. This character of the wicked, and the devices planned against the pious, correspond to Psa 10:7; 31:13; 58:4, &c.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 140:1-7
The more danger appears, the more earnest we should be in prayer to God. All are safe whom the Lord protects. If he be for us, who can be against us? We should especially watch and pray, that the Lord would hold up our goings in his ways, that our footsteps slip not. God is as able to keep his people from secret fraud as from open force; and the experience we have had of his power and care, in dangers of one kind…
Psalms 140:5 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 140:5
- Psalms 142:3
When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
- Psalms 35:7
For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
- Jeremiah 18:22
Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
- Jeremiah 18:20
Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.
- Luke 20:20-23
And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor. And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly: Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Cesar, or no? But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?
- Psalms 119:85
The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.
- Psalms 57:6
They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.
- Psalms 123:3-4
Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
- Psalms 119:110
The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
- Psalms 119:69
The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
- Proverbs 29:5
A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
- Psalms 36:11
Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Psalms 140:4
Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
- Psalms 140:5
The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah.
- Psalms 140:6
I said unto the Lord, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O Lord.
Psalms 140:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Hanme escondido lazo y cuerdas los soberbios; han tendido red junto á la senda; me han puesto lazos. (Selah.) |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Éternel! garde-moi des mains du méchant, préserve-moi de l’homme violent, qui méditent de faire trébucher mes pas. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Die Hoffärtigen haben mir heimlich eine Schlinge und Fallstricke gelegt, ein Netz ausgespannt zur Seite des Weges, sie haben mir Fallen gestellt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Corripiet me justus in misericordia, et increpabit me: oleum autem peccatoris non impinguet caput meum. Quoniam adhuc et oratio mea in beneplacitis eorum: |