Psalms 141:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and 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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King James 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. Selah.
Ps 119:110 : 110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
Ps 38:12 : 12 They also that seek after my life lay snares{H8762)} for me: and they that seek{H8802)} my hurt speak{H8765)} mischievous things, and imagine{H8799)} deceits all the day long.
Ps 142:3 : 3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
Prov 13:14 : 14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to 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, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Ps 141:10
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10Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.
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4Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
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Ps 119:110
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Ps 141:8
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8But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
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Ps 17:8-9
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8Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
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8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
9The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.
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Ps 25:15
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15Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
Ps 57:6
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6They have prepared{H8689)} a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down{H8804)}: they have digged{H8804)} a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen{H8804)} themselves. Selah.
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4Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength.
Ps 143:9
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9Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
Ps 59:1-3
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1To the chief Musician{H8764)}, Altaschith{H8686)}, Michtam of David; when Saul sent{H8800)}, and they watched{H8799)} the house to kill him{H8687)}. Deliver{H8685)} me from mine enemies{H8802)}, O my God: defend{H8762)} me from them that rise up{H8693)} against me.
2Deliver{H8685)} me from the workers{H8802)} of iniquity, and save{H8685)} me from bloody men.
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Jer 18:22
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22Let 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.
Ps 28:3
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Jer 5:26
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Ps 35:7-8
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7For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged{H8804)} for my soul.
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Ps 9:15
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Ps 56:6
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Ps 38:12
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Ps 71:4
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2 verses
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Ps 142:3
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3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
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Ps 7:1
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17Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
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Ps 71:2
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Ps 19:13
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13Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
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5Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Ps 10:9
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Ps 141:4
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