English Standard Version
Psalms 141:10
10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by safely.
Psalms 141:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.
- New International Version (NIV)Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let the wicked fall into their own nets, While I escape safely.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Let the wicked fall into their own nets, but let me escape.
Context of Psalms 141:10
8But my eyes are toward you, O God, my Lord; in you I seek refuge; leave me not defenseless! 9Keep me from the trap that they have laid for me and from the snares of evildoers! Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by safely.
Read all of Psalms 141Psalms 141:10 word by word
יִפְּל֣וּ בְמַכְמֹרָ֣יו רְשָׁעִ֑ים יַ֥חַד אָ֝נֹכִ֗י עַֽד־אֶעֱבֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 141:10
- Psalms 7:15He makes a pit, digging it out, and falls into the hole that he has made.
- Psalms 35:8Let destruction come upon him when he does not know it! And let the net that he hid ensnare him; let him fall into it—to his destruction!
- Psalms 37:14The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose way is upright;
- Psalms 64:7But God shoots his arrow at them; they are wounded suddenly.
- Psalms 140:9As for the head of those who surround me, let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!
- Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the wrath of the king abated.
- Proverbs 11:8The righteous is delivered from trouble, and the wicked walks into it instead.
Commentaries on Psalms 141:10
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Let the wicked fall into their own nets - See the notes at Psalm 35:8. Compare Psalm 7:15-16. While that I withal escape - Margin, as in Hebrew, “pass over.” While I safely pass over the net or snare which has been secretly laid for me. The word “withal” means, in the Hebrew, “together, at the same time;” that is, At the same time that they fall into the net, let me pass over it in safety. See the notes at Job 5:13.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-10Verses 5-10 We should be ready to welcome the rebuke of our heavenly Father, and also the reproof of our brethren. It shall not break my head, if it may but help to break my heart: we must show that we take it kindly. Those who slighted the word of God before, will be glad of it when in affliction, for that opens the ear to instruction. When the world is bitter, the word is sweet. Let us lift our prayer unto God. Let us entreat him to rescue us from the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-10The psalmist prays for rescue and for wisdom. He also looks ahead to the end of evil. The idea that people receive what they deserve (Psalm 141:10) holds the psalm together.Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 10May the wicked fall...into his nets May the wicked man himself fall into his nets that he spreads at my feet.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 141
- 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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