Psalms

Psalm 141:9–10

⁹Keep me from the snares they have laid for me,

and from the lures of evildoers.

¹⁰Let the wicked fall into their own nets,

while I pass by in safety.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Keep me	שָׁמְרֵ֗נִי	šā·mə·rê·nî	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; first person common singular	H8104 keep, watch, preserve
from	מִ֣ידֵי	mî·ḏê	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine dual construct	H3027 hand
the snares	פַ֭ח	p̄aḥ	Noun - masculine singular	H6341 bird-trap
they have laid	יָ֣קְשׁוּ	yā·qə·šū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H3369 lay a bait or lure
for me	לִ֑י	lî	Preposition; first person common singular
and from the lures	וּ֝מֹקְשׁ֗וֹת	ū·mō·qə·šō·wṯ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct	H4170 a bait or lure
of evildoers	פֹּ֣עֲלֵי	pō·‘ă·lê	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct	H6466 do, make

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Let the wicked	רְשָׁעִ֑ים	rə·šā·‘îm	Adjective - masculine plural	H7563 wicked, criminal
fall	יִפְּל֣וּ	yip·pə·lū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5307 fall, lie
into their own nets	בְמַכְמֹרָ֣יו	ḇə·maḵ·mō·rāw	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H4364 net, snare
while	עַֽד־	‘aḏ-	Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
I	אָ֝נֹכִ֗י	’ā·nō·ḵî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H595 I
pass by in safety	אֶעֱבֽוֹר׃	’e·‘ĕ·ḇō·wr	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H5674 pass over, through, by, pass on

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 141:9 Psalm 119:110 · Psalm 140:5 · Luke 20:20 · Proverbs 13:14 · Psalm 38:12 · Jeremiah 18:22 · Psalm 142:3

Psalm 141:10 Psalm 35:8 · Psalm 140:9 · Psalm 64:7–8 · Esther 7:10 · Proverbs 11:8 · Psalm 7:15–16 · Psalm 37:14–15

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.