Psalms 141:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, And from the gins of the workers of iniquity.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שָׁמְרֵ֗נִי מִ֣ידֵי פַ֭ח יָ֣קְשׁוּ לִ֑י וּ֝מֹקְשׁ֗וֹת פֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָֽוֶן׃

Transliteration

Šāmrēnî from-hands-of paḥ they-yāqəšû for-me; and-mōqəšôt pō'ălê 'āwen [workers of iniquity].

Grammar Details

*Šāmrēnî*: verb, qal imperative masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - keep me/guard me
*paḥ*: noun, masculine singular - trap/snare
*yāqəšû*: verb, qal perfect 3rd person common plural - they have set
*mōqəšôt*: noun, feminine plural construct - snares/traps
*pō'ălê*: noun, masculine plural construct - workers/doers
*'āwen*: noun, masculine singular - iniquity/wickedness/trouble

Word Meanings

*Šāmrēnî*: keep me/guard me/protect me
*paḥ*: trap/snare/bird trap
*yāqəšû*: they have set/laid/arranged
*mōqəšôt*: snares/traps/obstacles
*pō'ălê*: workers/doers/practitioners
*'āwen*: iniquity/wickedness/trouble/sorrow

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 140:5 : 5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set gins for me. {H5542}
Ps 119:110 : 110 The wicked have laid a snare for me; Yet have I not gone astray from thy precepts.
Ps 38:12 : 12 They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me]; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.
Ps 142:3 : 3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, Thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walk Have they hidden a snare for me.
Prov 13:14 : 14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, That one may depart from the snares of death.
Jer 18:22 : 22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them; for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
Luke 20:20 : 20 And they watched him, and sent forth spies, who feigned themselves {G1511} to be righteous, that they might take hold of his speech, so as to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor.

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