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Psalms 119:110
110The wicked have laid a snare for me, Yet I do not wander from Your precepts.
Psalms 119:110 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
- New International Version (NIV)The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from your precepts.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The wicked have laid a snare for me, but I do not stray from your precepts.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The wicked have laid a snare for me, Yet I have not strayed from Your precepts.
Context of Psalms 119:110
108Accept and take pleasure in the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord, And teach me Your ordinances. 109My life is continually in my hand, Yet I do not forget Your law. The wicked have laid a snare for me, Yet I do not wander from Your precepts. 111I have taken Your testimonies as a heritage forever, For they are the joy of my heart. 112I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes Forever, even to the end.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:110 word by word
נָתְנ֬וּ רְשָׁעִ֣ים פַּ֣ח לִ֑י וּ֝מִפִּקּוּדֶ֗יךָ לֹ֣א תָעִֽיתִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:110
- Psalms 119:85The arrogant (godless) have dug pits for me, Men who do not conform to Your law.
- Psalms 10:8He lurks in ambush in the villages; In hiding places he kills the innocent; He lies in wait for the unfortunate [the unhappy, the poor, the helpless].
- Psalms 124:6Blessed be the Lord, Who has not given us as prey to be torn by their teeth.
- Psalms 140:5The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set traps for me. Selah.
- Psalms 141:9Keep me from the jaws of the trap which they have set for me, And from the snares of those who do evil.
- Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come with us; Let us lie in wait to shed blood, Let us ambush the innocent without cause;
- Jeremiah 18:22Let an outcry be heard from their houses When You suddenly bring [a troop of] raiders upon them, For they have dug a pit to capture me And have hidden snares for my feet.
- Psalms 119:10With all my heart I have sought You, [inquiring of You and longing for You]; Do not let me wander from Your commandments [neither through ignorance nor by willful disobedience].
- Daniel 6:10Now when Daniel knew that the document was signed, he went into his house (now in his roof chamber his windows were open toward Jerusalem); he continued to get down on his knees three times a day, praying and giving thanks before his God, as he had been doing previously.
- Luke 20:19The scribes and the chief priests tried to [find a way to] arrest Him at that very hour, but they were afraid of the people; because they understood that He spoke this parable against them.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:110
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 110The wicked have laid a snare - Thus their lives were continually exposed to danger.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 110The wicked have laid a snare for me - As men do to take wild beasts or birds. See the notes at Psalm 119:85. Compare Job 18:8, note; Job 18:10, note; Psalm 9:15, note; Psalm 69:22, note. See also Psalm 119:61, Psalm 119:69. Yet I erred not from thy precepts - Notwithstanding the danger to which I was exposed, I maintained a steadfast adherence to thy commandments. I was not deterred from obeying them by any peril which beset me.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 105-112Verses 105-112 The word of God directs us in our work and way, and a dark place indeed the world would be without it. The commandment is a lamp kept burning with the oil of the Spirit, as a light to direct us in the choice of our way, and the steps we take in that way. The keeping of God's commands here meant, was that of a sinner under a dispensation of mercy, of a believer having part in the covenant of grace. The psalmist is often afflicted; but with…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 108-112freewill offerings of my mouth: This Hebrew expression is unique in the Old Testament (compare Psalm 50:23). The psalmist is vulnerable to his opponents because of his commitment to a wise life.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 109-110109-110. In the midst of deadly perils (the phrase is drawn from the fact that what we carry in our hands may easily slip from them, Jud 12:3; 1Sa 28:21; Job 13:14; compare 1Sa 19:5), and exposed to crafty enemies, his safety and guidance is in the truth and promises of God.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 119
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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