Psalms 141:9
Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
Psalms 141:9 in other translations
| BSB | Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers. |
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| WEB | Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of the workers of iniquity. |
| ASV | Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, And from the gins of the workers of iniquity. |
| YLT | Keep me from the gin they laid for me, Even snares of workers of iniquity. |
| DARBY | Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, and from the traps of the workers of iniquity. |
| BBE | Keep me from the net which they have put down for me, and from the designs of the workers of evil. |
| Webster | Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity. |
What does Psalms 141:9 mean?
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…
Psalms 141:9 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 141:9
- 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.
- Luke 20:20
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.
- Psalms 119:110
The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
- Proverbs 13:14
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
- Psalms 38:12
They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
- 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.
- 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.
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Context
- Psalms 141:8
But mine eyes are unto thee, O God the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
- 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.
Psalms 141:9 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Guárdame de los lazos que me han tendido, y de los armadijos de los que obran iniquidad. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Garde-moi du piège qu’ils m’ont tendu, et des lacets des ouvriers d’iniquité. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Bewahre mich vor der Schlinge, die sie mir gelegt haben, und vor den Fallstricken derer, die Frevel tun! |