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Selected Verse: Psalms 140:5 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 140:5 |
King James |
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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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| snare [and] net--for threatening dangers (compare Psa 38:12; Psa 57:6). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The proud have hid a snare for me - Haughty; arrogant; oppressive men. See Psa 35:7, note; Psa 57:6, note.
And cords - Strings; twine; as those do who lay a net to catch birds, and who design to spring it upon them unawares.
They have spread a net by the wayside - Where I may be expected to walk, and where it may be suddenly sprung upon me.
They have set gins for me - Snares, toils - such as are set for wild beasts. The meaning is, that they had not only made open war upon him, but they had sought to bring him into an ambush - to rush upon him suddenly when he was not on his guard, and did not know that, danger was near. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Have hid a snare for me - They hunted David as they would a dangerous wild beast: one while striving to pierce him with the spear; another to entangle him in their snares, so as to take and sacrifice him before the people, on pretense of his being an enemy to the state.
Selah - This is the truth. |
6 They 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.
12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
6 They 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.
7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.