Psalms 141:10
8 But my eyes are fixed on You, O GOD the Lord. In You I seek refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless.
9 Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.
- KJV
- Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.
- WEB
- Let the wicked fall together into their own nets while I pass by.
- ASV
- Let the wicked fall into their own nets, Whilst that I withal escape. Psalm 142 Maschil of David, when he was in the cave; a Prayer.
- DARBY
- Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that *I* withal pass over.
- BLB
- Let the wicked fall into their nets together, until I pass over.
- ÅB
- La de ugudelige falle i sine egne garn, mens jeg går uskadd forbi!
- OTB
- La de ugudelige falle i sine egne nett,
Mens jeg går forbi uskadd. - B1930
- La de ugudelige falle i sine egne garn, mens jeg går uskadd forbi!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 35:8
May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.
Read in contextPsalms 140:9
May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.
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But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded.
Read in contextEsther 7:10
So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
Read in contextProverbs 11:8
The righteous man is delivered from trouble; in his place the wicked man goes in.
Read in contextPsalms 7:15–16
He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
Read in contextPsalms 37:14–15
The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.
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