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Psalm 140

Psa. 140:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The proud
ge'eh (Hebrew #1343)
lofty; figuratively, arrogant
KJV usage: proud.
Pronounce: gay-eh'
Origin: from 1342
have hid
taman (Hebrew #2934)
to hide (by covering over)
KJV usage: hide, lay privily, in secret.
Pronounce: taw-man'
Origin: a primitive root
a snare
pach (Hebrew #6341)
a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)
KJV usage: gin, (thin) plate, snare.
Pronounce: pakh
Origin: from 6351
e for me, and cords
chebel (Hebrew #2256)
from 2254; a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin
KJV usage: band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.
Pronounce: kheh'-bel
Origin: or chebel {khay'-bel}
; they have spread
paras (Hebrew #6566)
to break apart, disperse, etc.
KJV usage: break, chop in pieces, lay open, scatter, spread (abroad, forth, selves, out), stretch (forth, out).
Pronounce: paw-ras'
Origin: a primitive root
a net
resheth (Hebrew #7568)
a net (as catching animals)
KJV usage: net(- work).
Pronounce: reh'-sheth
Origin: from 3423
by the wayside
ma`gal (Hebrew #4570)
from the same as 5696; a track (literally or figuratively); also a rampart (as circular)
KJV usage: going, path, trench, way((-side)).
Pronounce: mah-gawl'
Origin: or feminine mapgalah {mah-gaw-law'}
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
; they have set
shiyth (Hebrew #7896)
to place (in a very wide application)
KJV usage: apply, appoint, array, bring, consider, lay (up), let alone, X look, make, mark, put (on), + regard, set, shew, be stayed, X take.
Pronounce: sheeth
Origin: a primitive root
gins
mowqesh (Hebrew #4170)
from 3369; a noose (for catching animals) (literally or figuratively): by implication, a hook (for the nose)
KJV usage: be ensnared, gin, (is) snare(-d), trap.
Pronounce: mo-kashe'
Origin: or moqesh {mo-kashe'}
for me. Selah
celah (Hebrew #5542)
suspension (of music), i.e. pause
KJV usage: Selah.
Pronounce: seh'-law
Origin: from 5541
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The proud.
Psa. 10:4‑12• 4The wicked [man] according to the pride of his anger seeketh not;{HR}All his thoughts [are], There is no God.
5His ways are firm at every time;{HR}Thy judgments [are] a height away from him;{HR}All his adversaries—he puffeth at them.
6He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved;{HR}To generation and generation [I am] he which shall not [be] in any evil.
7Of cursing his mouth is full, and of deceits and violence;{HR}Under his tongue [is] mischief and iniquity.
8He sitteth in the place of ambush of the villages;{HR}In the lurking places he slayeth the innocent;{HR}His eyes lurk for the wretched.
9He lieth in wait in the secret place like a lion in his covert;{HR}He lieth in wait to catch the afflicted;{HR}He catcheth the afflicted when he draweth him into his net.
10And he is crushed, he is brought low,{HR}The wretched hath fallen by his might.
11He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten,{HR}He hath hidden his face;{HR}He will not see forever.
12Arise, O Jehovah; O God,{HR}Lift up thy hand;{HR}Forget not the afflicted.
(Psa. 10:4‑12)
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Psa. 17:8‑13• 8Keep me as the apple of the eye;{HR}Under the shadow of thy wings thou wilt hide me,
9From the face of the wicked who have oppressed me:{HR}Mine enemies in soul will surround me.
10Their fat they have closed;{HR}[With] their mouth they have spoken in pride.
11[In] our steps they have now surrounded us;{HR}Their eyes they set to stretch out over the earth.
12His likeness [is] as a lion;{HR}He longeth to tear in pieces,{HR}And as a young lion sitting in secret places.
13Arise, O Jehovah, go before his face, cause him to bow down;{HR}Deliver my soul from the wicked [man], thy sword:
(Psa. 17:8‑13)
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Psa. 35:7• 7For without cause they have hidden a pit for me, their net;{HR}Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul. (Psa. 35:7)
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Psa. 36:11• 11The foot of pride shall not come to me,{HR}And let not the hand of the wicked move me. (Psa. 36:11)
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Psa. 57:6• 6A net they prepared for my steps;{HR}My soul was bowed down;{HR}They digged a pit before me;{HR}They fell into the midst of it. Selah. (Psa. 57:6)
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Psa. 119:69,85,110• 69Proud [men] have forged falsehood against me;{HR}With a whole heart {i}I{/i} will observe thy precepts.
85Proud [men] dig for me pits,{HR}Which [is], not according to thy law.
110Wicked [men] laid a snare for me,{HR}Yet (and) from thy precepts I strayed not.
(Psa. 119:69,85,110)
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Psa. 123:3‑4• 3Be gracious to us, Jehovah,{HR}Be gracious to us,{HR}For greatly are we filled with contempt.
4Greatly is our soul filled with the scorning of those at ease,{HR}The contempt of the proud.
(Psa. 123:3‑4)
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Psa. 141:9‑10• 9Keep me from the power (hands) of the snares they laid for me,{HR}And from the traps of the doers of iniquity.
10Let the wicked fall together into their own nets,{HR}While for my part I escape.
(Psa. 141:9‑10)
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Psa. 142:3• 3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me,{HR}{i}Thou{/i} knewest my path;{HR}In the way that I go they hid a snare for me. (Psa. 142:3)
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Prov. 29:5• 5{i}A man that flattereth his neighbour{HR}Spreadeth a net for his steps.{/i} (Prov. 29:5)
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Jer. 18:18,20,22• 18Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
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.
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.
(Jer. 18:18,20,22)
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Luke 11:53‑54• 53And as he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him vehemently, and to make him speak of many things;
54watching him [and seeking] to catch something out of his mouth [that they might accuse him].
(Luke 11:53‑54)
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Luke 20:20‑23• 20And having watched [him] they sent suborned persons pretending to be righteous that they might lay hold of his language so as to deliver him to the power and the authority of the governor .
21And they asked him, saying, Teacher, we know that thou rightly sayest and teachest and acceptest no [man's] person, but in truth teachest the way of God.
22Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar or not?
23But perceiving their deceit he said to them,
(Luke 20:20‑23)
 The “wicked” (apostate Israelites) who were purged out from among the returning tribes of Israel and left at the borders of the land (Ps. 139:19-20) are found associated with the Assyrian as he comes up. Apparently they will be swept up into the advancing armies as they move towards the land (vs. 1-5). (Book 5. by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the way-side; they have set traps for me. Selah.

W. Kelly Translation

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Proud ones hid a snare for me, and cords;{HR}They spread a net by the way-side (hand);{HR}Traps they set for me, Selah.