KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Psalm 140:5
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The proud hide a snare for me; the cords of their net are spread along the path, and lures are set out for me. Selah
WEB World English Bible
The 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.
ASV American Standard Version
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
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
The proud hid a snare for me—and cords, They spread a net by the side of the path, Snares they have set for me. Selah.
Surrounding context — Psalm 140
2 Which imagine mischiefs in [their] heart; continually are they gathered together [for] war.
3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison [is] under their lips. Selah.
4 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
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.
6 I said unto the LORD, Thou [art] my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.
7 O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
8 Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; [lest] they exalt themselves. Selah.
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טָֽמְנֽוּ־H2934 · ta.manto hideגֵאִ֨ים׀H1343 · ge.ehproudפַּ֡חH6341 · pachsnareלִ֗יH9030 · nimeוַחֲבָלִ֗יםH2256 · che.velMahalabפָּ֣רְשׂוּH6566 · pa.ra.sto spreadרֶ֭שֶׁתH7568 · re.shetnetלְיַד־H3027 · yadhandמַעְגָּ֑לH4570 · ma.galtrackמֹקְשִׁ֖יםH4170 · mo.qeshsnareשָֽׁתוּ־H7896 · shitto set: makeלִ֣יH9030 · nimeסֶֽלָה׃H5542 · se.lahSelah
Cross-references
Psalm 35:7For without cause have they hid for me their net [in] a pit, [which] without cause they have digged for my soul.Psalm 142:3When 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.Jeremiah 18:22Let 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.Jeremiah 18:20Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, [and] to turn away thy wrath from them.Psalm 123:3-4Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.Psalm 119:85The proud have digged pits for me, which [are] not after thy law.Psalm 57:6They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen [themselves]. Selah.Luke 20:20-23And 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.Luke 11:53-54And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge [him] vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:Psalm 10:4-12The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek [after God]: God [is] not in all his thoughts.Psalm 31:4Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou [art] my strength.Psalm 119:110The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.Job 18:9The gin shall take [him] by the heel, [and] the robber shall prevail against him.Psalm 17:8-13Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,Psalm 36:11Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.Psalm 119:69The proud have forged a lie against me: [but] I will keep thy precepts with [my] whole heart.Proverbs 29:5A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.Psalm 141:9-10Keep me from the snares [which] they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity.
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