Psalms 141:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Psalms 141:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Keep me from the snares ... - See the notes at Psalms 11:6 . Compare Psalms 38:12 ; Psalms 69:22 ; Psalms 91:3 . The secret plans which they have laid against me. And the gins of the worke...
Psalms 141:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CXLI. For Loyalty to God and His Saints. Psalms 141:1 f. The Psalmist begs Yahweh to hear his prayer. He utters this prayer in his house, and in true prophetic spirit hopes that it will be as ac...
Psalms 141:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Keep. Same root as "watch"in Psalms 141:3 . (Hebrew. shamreni.) snares. Authorized Version, 1611, read "snares" (singular) Since 1769, "snares" (plural) Hebrew text is singular. gins . trap...
Psalms 141:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

9. Keep me, etc. He owns himself to be shut up in the snares of his enemies, unless set free by a higher hand. In praying to God under the straits to which he was reduced, he proves what a...
Psalms 141:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
Psalms 141:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Keep me from the snare, &c.— If Saul and his evil counsellors be meant in the first clause of the 9th verse, there is no doubt but the heathen to whom David was now driven for refuge, must be...
Psalms 141:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity. Keep me from the snares - literally, 'keep me from the hands of the snare' (i:e., the power; in...
Psalms 141:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

An evening prayer in time of trouble. The Psalmist prays that he may be strengthened to resist temptation, and so escape the fate of evil men.
Psalms 141:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Comp. Psalms 25:15 .
Psalms 141:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 141:1-10 PART of this psalm is hopelessly obscure, and the connection is difficult throughout. It is a prayer of a harassed soul, tempted to slacken its hold on God, and therefore betaking...
Psalms 141:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Humility Psalms 141:1-10 This is an evening psalm. Acceptable prayer is as the smoke of incense rising in the still air, Revelation 5:8 ; Revelation 8:3-4 . Each day we should ask to be deliv...
Psalms 141:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In this song the influence of the external troubles upon the inner life of the singer is revealed. Throughout it breathes the spirit of fear lest the soul should be seduced from the attitude of whole...
Psalms 141:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

In the first of these verses we have more speakers than one; but the Psalmist, turning from the calamities there described, finds comfort in looking to the Lord; and takes sure confidence in the perf...
Psalms 141:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Keep me from the snare [which] they have laid for me ,.... Either Saul, who gave him a wife to be a snare to him, and set men to watch his house and take him; or the Ziphites, who proposed to Saul t...
Psalms 141:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Keep me from the snares [which] they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity. Ver. 9. Keep me from the snare, &c. ] See Psalms 145:5 .
Psalms 141:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me Keep me from being taken in it: give me to discover and evade it. If Saul and his evil counsellors be intended in this clause, probably the heathe...
Psalms 141:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Reproofs of the Righteous; Complaints and Petitions. 5 Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let hi...
Psalms 141:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Psalms 141:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION “This Psalm presents,” says Perowne, “some peculiar difficulties of Interpretation, which, however, are due neither to the words employed nor to the grammatical construction, but to the...
Psalms 141:9 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 141:1 . LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee. You see how a child of God prays when he is in trouble. David says, «I cry unto thee,» and...
Psalms 141:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This psalm, like the last, is generally supposed to have been composed by David during his persecution by Saul, probably when he fled to Achish. The late Rev. Mr. Peters, a Cornish clergyman, has fav...
Psalms 141:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Lord, I cry unto Thee. An invocation for the truly desirable in human life: - I. Divine attention to human aspirations (verses 1, 2). 1. For immediate attention. 2. For favourable attenti...
Psalms 141:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION ALMOST wholly a psalm of supplication. David is again in danger, and needs a prompt deliverance ( Psalms 141:1 ). This time the danger seems to be that he may fall away, and be abso...
Psalms 141:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Evening Psalm in the Midst of Trials. A psalm of David, a prayer for deliverance from afflictions and from the enemies who cause them.
Psalms 141:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 18:22 ; Luke 20:20 ; Proverbs 13:14 ; Psalms 119:110 ; Psalms 140:5 ; Psalms 142:3

Psalms 141:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 141:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 141:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 141:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 141:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 141:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 141:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 141:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 141:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 141:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 141:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 141:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 141:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 141:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 141:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 141:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 141:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 141:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 141:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 141:9 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 141:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 141:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 141:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 141:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 141:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge