Psalms 119:110

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The wicked lay a trap for me, but I do not wander from your precepts.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נָתְנ֬וּ רְשָׁעִ֣ים פַּ֣ח לִ֑י וּ֝מִפִּקּוּדֶ֗יךָ לֹ֣א תָעִֽיתִי׃

Transliteration

nātənû rəšāʿîm paḥ to-me and-from-piqqûdêkā not tāʿîtî

Grammar Details

• *nātənû*: qal perfect 3rd person plural - they have set/placed
• *rəšāʿîm*: masculine plural adjective - wicked ones
• *paḥ*: masculine singular noun - snare/trap
• *piqqûdêkā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your precepts
• *tāʿîtî*: qal perfect 1st person singular - I have strayed/wandered
• *lî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - to/for me
• *wə-*: conjunction - and
• *mi-*: preposition - from
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not

Word Meanings

• *nātənû*: they have set/placed/put
• *rəšāʿîm*: wicked ones/the wicked/evil people
• *paḥ*: snare/trap/net
• *piqqûdêkā*: your precepts/orders/commands
• *tāʿîtî*: I have strayed/wandered/gone astray

Referenced Verses

• Ps 140:5 : 5 Proud men hide a snare for me; evil men spread a net by the path; they set traps for me.(Selah)
• Ps 141:9 : 9 Protect me from the snare they have laid for me, and the traps the evildoers have set.
• Prov 1:11-12 : 11 If they say,“Come with us! We will lie in wait to shed blood; we will ambush an innocent person capriciously. 12 We will swallow them alive like Sheol, those full of vigor like those going down to the Pit.
• Jer 18:22 : 22 Let cries of terror be heard in their houses when you send bands of raiders unexpectedly to plunder them. For they have virtually dug a pit to capture me and have hidden traps for me to step into.
• Ps 10:8-9 : 8 He waits in ambush near the villages; in hidden places he kills the innocent. His eyes look for some unfortunate victim. 9 He lies in ambush in a hidden place, like a lion in a thicket; he lies in ambush, waiting to catch the oppressed; he catches the oppressed by pulling in his net. 10 His victims are crushed and beaten down; they are trapped in his sturdy nets. 11 He says to himself,“God overlooks it; he does not pay attention; he never notices.” 12 Rise up, LORD! O God, strike him down! Do not forget the oppressed! 13 Why does the wicked man reject God? He says to himself,“You will not hold me accountable.” 14 You have taken notice, for you always see one who inflicts pain and suffering. The unfortunate victim entrusts his cause to you; you deliver the fatherless. 15 Break the arm of the wicked and evil man! Hold him accountable for his wicked deeds, which he thought you would not discover. 16 The LORD rules forever! The nations are driven out of his land. 17 LORD, you have heard the request of the oppressed; you make them feel secure because you listen to their prayer. 18 You defend the fatherless and oppressed, so that mere mortals may no longer terrorize them.
• Ps 119:10 : 10 With all my heart I seek you. Do not allow me to stray from your commands!
• Ps 119:85 : 85 The arrogant dig pits to trap me, which violates your law.
• Ps 119:95 : 95 The wicked prepare to kill me, yet I concentrate on your rules.
• Ps 124:6-7 : 6 The LORD deserves praise, for he did not hand us over as prey to their teeth. 7 We escaped with our lives, like a bird from a hunter’s snare. The snare broke, and we escaped.
• Ps 119:21 : 21 You reprimand arrogant people. Those who stray from your commands are doomed.
• Ps 119:51 : 51 Arrogant people do nothing but scoff at me. Yet I do not turn aside from your law.
• Dan 6:10 : 10 When Daniel realized that a written decree had been issued, he entered his home, where the windows in his upper room opened toward Jerusalem. Three times daily he was kneeling and offering prayers and thanks to his God just as he had been accustomed to do previously.
• Luke 20:19-26 : 19 Then the experts in the law and the chief priests wanted to arrest him that very hour, because they realized he had told this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people. 20 Paying Taxes to Caesar Then they watched him carefully and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They wanted to take advantage of what he might say so that they could deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor. 21 Thus they asked him,“Teacher, we know that you speak and teach correctly, and show no partiality, but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. 22 Is it right for us to pay the tribute tax to Caesar or not?” 23 But Jesus perceived their deceit and said to them, 24 “Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” They said,“Caesar’s.” 25 So he said to them,“Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” 26 Thus they were unable in the presence of the people to trap him with his own words. And stunned by his answer, they fell silent.
• Ps 119:87 : 87 They have almost destroyed me here on the earth, but I do not reject your precepts.