Jeremiah 18:22; Luke 20:20; Proverbs 13:14; Psalms 119:110; Psalms 140:5; Psalms 142:3
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...
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...
Keep. Same root as "watch"in Psalms 141:3 . (Hebrew. shamreni.) snares. Authorized Version, 1611, read "snares" (singular) Since 1769, "snare...
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...
Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
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...
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 f...
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.
Comp. Psalms 25:15 .
From the snare. — The original idiom is far more forcible: “from the hands (or, ‘clutches’) of the snare.” (See above, Psalms 141:6 , “in the hand...
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 t...
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 ; Rev...
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...
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...
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...
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 Psa...
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 counsello...
Reproofs of the Righteous; Complaints and Petitions. 5 Let the righte...
No text from Poole on this verse.
INTRODUCTION “This Psalm presents,” says Perowne, “some peculiar difficulties of Interpretation, which, however, are due neither to the words employ...
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...
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...
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...
EXPOSITION ALMOST wholly a psalm of supplication. David is again in danger, and needs a prompt deliverance ( Psalms 141:1 ). This time the dan...
Evening Psalm in the Midst of Trials. A psalm of David, a prayer for deliverance from afflictions and from the enemies who cause them.
Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, which are like hands stretched out to catch and overthrow the believer, and the gins of the wor...
9 Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.