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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.
- 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
8For my eyes are toward You, God my Lord. In You I have taken refuge— do not expose my soul. 9Keep me from the jaws of the trap they have laid for me, and from the snares of the 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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 141:10
- Psalms 7:15Look! The one pregnant with trouble conceives mischief and brings forth deceit.
- Psalms 35:8Let ruin come upon him by surprise. Let the net he hid entangle himself —into that same pit let him fall.
- Psalms 37:14The wicked have unsheathed their sword and have bent their bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose conduct is upright.
- Psalms 64:7They are plotting injustices: “We have completed a perfect plot!” A man’s inward part and heart are deep.
- Psalms 140:9Grant not, Adonai, the desires of the wicked. Do not let their evil plan succeed, or they will exalt themselves. Selah
- Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s rage subsided.
- Proverbs 11:8The righteous is rescued from trouble. Instead it comes on the wicked.
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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