Psalms 140:5 Cross References - ACV

⁵ The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords. They have spread a net by the wayside. They have set snares for me. Selah.

⁹ A trap shall take him by the heel. A snare shall lay hold on him.

⁴ The wicked man, in the pride of his countenance, says, He will not require it. All his thoughts are, There is no God. ⁵ His ways are profane at all times. Thy judgments are far above out of his sight. As for all his adversaries, he puffs at them. ⁶ He says in his heart, I shall not be moved. To all generations I shall not be in adversity. ⁷ His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity. ⁸ He sits in the lurking-places of the villages. In the covert places he murders the innocent man. His eyes are secretly set against the poor man. ⁹ He lurks in secret as a lion in his covert. He lies in wait to catch the poor man. He catches the poor man when he draws him in his net. ¹⁰ He crouches, he bows down, and helpless men fall by his strong men. ¹¹ He says in his heart, God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it. ¹² Arise, O LORD, O God, lift up thy hand. Do not forget the poor.

⁸ Keep me as the apple of the eye. Hide me under the shadow of thy wings, ⁹ from the wicked who oppress me, my deadly enemies, who encompass me around. ¹⁰ They are enclosed in their own fat. With their mouth they speak proudly. ¹¹ They have now encompassed us in our steps. They set their eyes to cast down to the earth. ¹² He is like a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. ¹³ Arise, O LORD, confront him. Cast him down. Deliver my soul from the wicked by thy sword,

⁴ Pluck me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, for thou are my stronghold.

⁷ For without cause they have hid their net for me in a pit. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.

¹¹ Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of sinners drive me away.

⁶ They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They have dug a pit before me. They are fallen into the midst of it themselves. Selah.

⁶⁹ The proud have forged a lie against me. With my whole heart I will keep thy precepts.

⁸⁵ The proud have dug pits for me, who are not according to thy law.

¹¹⁰ The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I have not gone astray from thy precepts.

³ Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us, for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. ⁴ Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scoffing of those who are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

⁹ Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, and from the traps of the workers of iniquity. ¹⁰ Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass over.

³ When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, thou knew my path. In the way in which I walk they have hidden a snare for me.

⁵ A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his steps.

¹⁸ Then they said, 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.

²⁰ Shall evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.

²² Let a cry be heard from their houses when thou shall bring a troop suddenly upon them, for they have dug a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

⁵³ And after he said these things to them, the scholars and the Pharisees began to harass him extremely, and to provoke him to speak impulsively about more things, ⁵⁴ waiting to ambush him, seeking to catch something out of his mouth so that they might accuse him.

²⁰ And having watched him, they sent forth insidious men pretending themselves to be righteous, so that they might take hold of his word, in order to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor. ²¹ And they questioned him, saying, Teacher, we know that thou speak and teach rightly, and thou do not accept a personage, but teach the way of God in truth, ²² Is it permitted for us to give tribute to Caesar or not? ²³ But having perceived their craftiness, he said to them, Why do ye try me?