Keep me from the traps they have set for me, from the snares of those who do wrong.
Parallel translations
- WEB Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
- KJV Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
- BSB Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers.
- NKJV Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, And from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
- NASB Keep me from the jaws of the trap which they have set for me, And from the snares of those who do wrong.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org
Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Quick answer
David asks to be kept from the snares and traps set by evildoers. It is a renewed plea for protection from hidden dangers.
Overview
David again pictures the wicked as hunters laying snares, and pleads for God's preserving care. His safety rests not in his own vigilance but in God's keeping. The Lord who delivers from the snare of the fowler is the faithful protector of all who take refuge in Christ (Psalm 91:3).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Luke 20:20They watched him, and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor.
- Ps 140:5The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah.
- Ps 119:110The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven’t gone astray from your precepts.
- Prov 13:14The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn from the snares of death.
- Ps 38:12They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.
- Ps 142:3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, you knew my route. On the path in which I walk, they have hidden a snare for me.
- Jer 18:22Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you shall bring a troop suddenly on them; for they have dug a pit to take me, and hidden snares for my feet.
Themes, concepts, people & topics
Resources, by level
Commentaries & study tools
Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.
Sermons and teaching on this passage from across YouTube.
Clear, readable, conservative exposition — the best free place to start on any passage.
Matthew Henry, Barnes, Gill, the Pulpit Commentary, Ellicott, Cambridge, and more — stacked on one page for this exact verse.
The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).
Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.
Christ at the center
The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
How Psalms 141:9 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.
Original language
Each word below is tagged with its Strong’s number — tap one to see the underlying Hebrew word, its meaning, and every verse that uses it.