New English Translation
Psalms 141:10
10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I escape.
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by safely.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let the wicked fall into their own nets, While I escape safely.
Context of Psalms 141:10
8Surely I am looking to you, O sovereign Lord. In you I take shelter. Do not expose me to danger! 9Protect me from the snare they have laid for me, and the traps the evildoers have set. Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I escape.
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 digs a pit and then falls into the hole he has made.
- Psalms 35:8Let destruction take them by surprise! Let the net they hid catch them! Let them fall into destruction!
- Psalms 37:14Evil men draw their swords and prepare their bows, to bring down the oppressed and needy, and to slaughter those who are godly.
- Psalms 64:7But God will shoot at them; suddenly they will be wounded by an arrow.
- Psalms 140:9As for the heads of those who surround me – may the harm done by their lips overwhelm them!
- Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the very gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. The king’s rage then abated.
- Proverbs 11:8The righteous person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked turns up in his stead.
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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