The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from Your precepts.
Parallel translations
- WEB The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven’t gone astray from your precepts.
- KJV The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
- NKJV The wicked have laid a snare for me, Yet I have not strayed from Your precepts.
- NASB The wicked have set a trap for me, Yet I have not wandered from Your precepts.
- NLT The wicked have set their traps for me, but I will not turn from your commandments.
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Quick answer
The wicked have set a snare for him, yet he has not strayed from God's precepts. Temptation and traps fail to turn him from the word.
Overview
Though enemies lay traps to lure him into sin or ruin, the psalmist has not wandered from God's precepts. His fidelity to the word is his protection against the schemes of the wicked. This deliverance from the snare points to the Lord who keeps His people from the evil one and guards their feet (Ps. 91:3; 2 Thess. 3:3).
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 141:9Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.
- Ps 140:5The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah
- Ps 119:95The wicked wait to destroy me, but I will ponder Your testimonies.
- Ps 119:10With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.
- Ps 119:85The arrogant have dug pits for me in violation of Your law.
- Jer 18:22Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring raiders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet.
- Ps 124:6–7Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.
- Ps 10:8–18He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.
- Dan 6:10Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.
- Ps 119:21You rebuke the arrogant—the cursed who stray from Your commandments.
- Luke 20:19–26When the scribes and chief priests realized that Jesus had spoken this parable against them, they sought to arrest Him that very hour. But they were afraid of the people.
- Ps 119:87They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken Your precepts.
- Ps 119:51The arrogant utterly deride me, but I do not turn from Your law.
- Prov 1:11–12If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
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