Psalms 141 · Verse 10

Psalms 141:10

Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.
Psalms 141:10, King James Version

Psalms 141:10 in other translations

BSBLet the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.
WEBLet the wicked fall together into their own nets while I pass by.
ASVLet the wicked fall into their own nets, Whilst that I withal escape.
YLTThe wicked fall in their nets together, till I pass over!
DARBYLet the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal pass over.
BBELet the sinners be taken in the nets which they themselves have put down, while I go free.
WebsterLet the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst I escape.

What does Psalms 141:10 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets - This is generally the case; those who lay snares for others fall into them themselves. Harm watch, harm catch, says the old adage. How many cases have occurred where the spring guns that have been set for thieves have shot some of the family! I have known some dismal cases of this kind, where some of the most amiable lives have been sacrificed to this accursed machine. Whilst - I withal escape - They alone are guilty; they alone spread the nets and gins; I am innocent, and God will cause me to escape.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 141:5-10

We should be ready to welcome the rebuke of our heavenly Father, and also the reproof of our brethren. It shall not break my head, if it may but help to break my heart: we must show that we take it kindly. Those who slighted the word of God before, will be glad of it when in affliction, for that opens the ear to instruction. When the world is bitter, the word is sweet. Let us lift our prayer unto God. Let us entreat…

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Psalms 141:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יִפְּל֣וּyi.pe.Lulet them fallH5307
בְמַכְמֹרָ֣יוve.makh.mo.Ravin own nets hisH4364
רְשָׁעִ֑יםre.sha.'Imwicked [people]H7563
יַ֥חַדYa.chadtogetherH3162
אָ֝נֹכִ֗י'a.no.KhiIH595
עַֽד\־'ad-untilH5704
אֶעֱבֽוֹר\׃'e.'e.VorI will pass byH5674

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 141:10

  • Psalms 35:8

    Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

  • Psalms 140:9

    As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

  • Psalms 64:7-8

    But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded. So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.

  • Esther 7:10

    So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.

  • Proverbs 11:8

    The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

  • Psalms 7:15-16

    He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

  • Psalms 37:14-15

    The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation. Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the wicked.
7:15,16; 35:8; 37:14,15; 64:7,8; 140:9; Es 7:10; Pr 11:8
escape. Heb. pass over.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 141:9

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

  • Psalms 141:10

    Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.

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Psalms 141:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Caigan los impíos á una en sus redes, mientras yo pasaré adelante.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Que les méchants tombent dans leurs propres filets, tandis que moi je passe outre.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Laß die Gesetzlosen in ihre eigenen Netze fallen, während ich vorübergehe!