Psalms 141:9 · KJV
“Keep me from the snares {which} they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.”
— Psalms 141:9
But mine eyes {are} unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. {leave...: Heb. make not my soul bare}
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape. {escape: Heb. pass over}
Psalms 141 — Context
Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth {wood} upon the earth.
8But mine eyes {are} unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. {leave...: Heb. make not my soul bare}
9Keep me from the snares {which} they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape. {escape: Heb. pass over}
Cross References
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.