New English Translation
Psalms 119:110
110The wicked lay a trap for me, but 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
108O Lord, please accept the freewill offerings of my praise! Teach me your regulations! 109My life is in continual danger, but I do not forget your law. The wicked lay a trap for me, but I do not wander from your precepts. 111I claim your rules as my permanent possession, for they give me joy. 112I am determined to obey your statutes at all times, to the very end. ס (Samek)
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:110 word by word
נָתְנ֬וּ רְשָׁעִ֣ים פַּ֣ח לִ֑י וּ֝מִפִּקּוּדֶ֗יךָ לֹ֣א תָעִֽיתִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:110
- Psalms 119:85The arrogant dig pits to trap me, which violates your law.
- Psalms 10:8He waits in ambush near the villages; in hidden places he kills the innocent. His eyes look for some unfortunate victim.
- Psalms 124:6The Lord deserves praise, for he did not hand us over as prey to their teeth.
- Psalms 140:5Proud men hide a snare for me; evil men spread a net by the path; they set traps for me. (Selah)
- Psalms 141:9Protect me from the snare they have laid for me, and the traps the evildoers have set.
- Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come with us! We will lie in wait to shed blood; we will ambush an innocent person capriciously.
- Jeremiah 18:22Let cries of terror be heard in their houses when you send bands of raiders unexpectedly to plunder them. For they have virtually dug a pit to capture me and have hidden traps for me to step into.
- Psalms 119:10With all my heart I seek you. Do not allow me to stray from your commands!
- Daniel 6:10When Daniel realized that a written decree had been issued, he entered his home, where the windows in his upper room opened toward Jerusalem. Three times daily he was kneeling and offering prayers and thanks to his God just as he had been accustomed to do previously.
- Luke 20:19Then the experts in the law and the chief priests wanted to arrest him that very hour, because they realized he had told this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.
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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