Psalm 140:5 - Tree of Life Version

⁵ Keep me safe, Adonai, from the clutches of the wicked. Protect me from the man of violence who planned to push me off my feet.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ The proud have hidden a snare for me; they have spread cords as a net by the wayside, they have set traps for me. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁵ Arrogant people have laid a trap for me with ropes. They’ve spread out a net alongside the road. They’ve set snares for me. Selah

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ The just one will correct me with mercy, and he will rebuke me. But do not allow the oil of the sinner to fatten my head. For my prayer will still be toward their good will.

Psalm 140:5 Cross References

Job 18:9

A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare holds him fast.

Psalm 119:110

The wicked have set a snare for me, yet I did not stray from Your precepts.

Psalm 119:69

Though the proud smeared a lie on me, with all my heart I keep Your precepts.

Psalm 119:85

The proud have dug pits for me— that is not in accord with Your Torah!

Psalm 142:3

I pour out my complaint before Him, before Him I tell my trouble.

Psalm 31:4

Since You are my rock and my fortress, You lead me and guide me for Your Name’s sake.

Psalm 35:7

For without cause they hid their net for me, and without cause they dug a pit for my soul.

Psalm 36:11

Continue Your lovingkindness to those who know You, and Your justice to the upright in heart.

Psalm 43:1

Vindicate me, O God, and champion my cause against an ungodly nation. From a deceitful and unjust man, deliver me!

Psalm 57:6

Be exalted, O God, above the heavens. Let Your glory be over all the earth!

Proverbs 24:15

Do not lurk like the wicked near the dwelling of the righteous. Do not assault his home.

Proverbs 29:5

A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

Jeremiah 18:18

Then they said: “Come, let us devise plans against Jeremiah. Surely Torah from the kohen will not be lost, nor will counsel from the wise, nor will the word from the prophet. Come, let’s strike at him with the tongue, and pay no attention to any of his words.”

Jeremiah 18:20

Will good be repaid for evil? For they dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.

Jeremiah 18:22

Let a cry be heard from their houses when suddenly You bring a troop on them. For they dug a pit to capture me, and hid snares for my feet.