Psalms 141:10

Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape. LET THE WICKED FALL INTO THEIR OWN NETS - (Psalms 140:9; Psalms 7:15.) WHILE THAT I WITHAL ESCAPE - literally, 'pass over.' "Withal" - i:e., at the same time, or in the meantime [ yachad (H3162)]. Maurer translates, 'until that I in all my parts (i:e., wholly) shall have escaped:' so Job 10:8....

5-10 We should be ready to welcome the rebuke of our heavenly Father, and also the reproof of our brethren. It shall not break my head, if it may but help to break my heart: we must show that we take it kindly. Those who slighted the word of God before, will be glad of it when in affliction, for that opens the ear to instruction. When the world is bitter, the word is sweet. Let us lift our prayer unto God. Let us entreat him to rescue us from the snares of Satan, and of all the workers of iniquity. In language like this psalm, O Lord, would we entreat that our poor prayers should set forth our only hope, our only dependence on thee. Grant us thy grace, that we may be prepared for this employment, being clothed with thy righteousness, and having all the gifts of thy Spirit planted in our hearts...

Verse Psalms 141:10. _LET THE WICKED FALL INTO THEIR OWN NETS_] This is generally the case; those who lay snares for others fall into them themselves. _Harm watch, harm catch_, says the old adage. How many cases have occurred where the spring guns that have been set for thieves have shot some of the family! I have known some dismal cases of this kind, where some of the most amiable lives have been sacrificed to this accursed machine. _WHILST - I WITHAL ESCAPE._] They alone are guilty; they alone spread the nets and gins; I am innocent, and God will cause me to escape. ANALYSIS OF THE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIRST PSALM The contents and sum of the Psalm are the following: - I. His prayer, Psalms 141:1

LET THE WICKED FALL INTO THEIR OWN NETS - See the notes at Psalms 35:8. Compare Psalms 7:15. WHILE THAT I WITHAL ESCAPE - Margin, as in Hebrew, “pass over.” While I safely pass over the net or snare which has been secretly laid for me. The word “withal” means, in the Hebrew, “together, at the same time;” that is, At the same time that they fall into the net, let me pass over it in safety. See the notes at Job 5:13....

EXPOSITION ALMOST wholly a psalm of supplication. David is again in danger, and needs a prompt deliverance (Psalms 141:1). This time the danger seems to be that he may fall away, and be absorbed into the company of the wicked. He therefore prays: 1. That prayer may be with him a settled institution (Psalms 141:2). 2. That he may be saved from sins of the tongue (Psalms 141:3). 3. That he may be saved from sins of thought or act (Psalms 141:4). 4. That he may be given grace to welcome reproof ...

LET THE WICKED FALL INTO THEIR OWN NETS,.... Which they have laid for others, as they very often do; see Psalms 7:15; or "into his net" k, either Saul into his own net, and others with him, so Kimchi and Ben Melech; or the wicked into the net which God has laid for them; see Ezekiel 12:13; WHILST THAT I WITHAL ESCAPE; or "whilst I together escape", or "pass over" l; that is, while he, together with his companions, passed over the net laid; or, "till I pass over safe and sound,'' will all mine, as Noldius m; not only pass over and escape the snares of the wicked, but pass out of this world into a state of happiness and glory in another. k במכמריו "in retiacula ejus", Pagninus, Montanus; "in retia ejus", Vatablus, Cocceius; so Ainsworth. l יחד "simul t

Psalms 141:1. _LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee._ You see how a child of God prays when he is in trouble. David says, «I cry unto thee,» and then the second time, «I cry unto thee.» And he cried for God as well as to him: «Make haste unto me.» The very best thing you can do, when you cannot help yourself, is to cry unto God, for he will help you. Psalms 141:2. _Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice._ David was probably far away from the tabernacle, and he could not join in presenting the morning or the evening sacrifice there; but he prayed God to let his prayer be such a sacrifice: «Let it be sweet as the perfume of the smoking spices of the m

PSALM 140-142 These three Psalms are Psalms of David. The third one in this series, 142 is another Maschil, the last Maschil Psalm, being a prayer when David was in the cave. In these Psalms the distress of Israel, the godly remnant of Israel, is again remembered. In Psalms 140:1 we see prophetically the evil and violent man, that man of sin of the last days. And therefore have we one more imprecatory prayer for the destruction of the wicked (verse 10). The last verses look forward to the overthrow of the wicked and the exaltation of the righteous. In Psalms 141:1 the righteous are seen in separation from the wicked, and the prayer for preservation. Psalms 142:1 contains continued prayer for deliverance

CXLI. FOR LOYALTY TO GOD AND HIS SAINTS. Psalms 141:1 f. The Psalmist begs Yahweh to hear his prayer. He utters this prayer in his house, and in true prophetic spirit hopes that it will be as acceptable as the incense or the evening sacrifice offered by the priest in the Temple. For similar instances of the same spiritual view, see Psalms 40, 51, Psalms 69:31. Observe that the Decalogue prescribes no ritual observance except the rest on the Sabbath. PSALMS 141:3. A petition to be saved from rash words. He prefers to the dainties of the wicked the rebukes of the righteous. The words here condemned may refer to disloyal speech occasioned by the prosperity of the wicked, always a puzzle to pious Jews.

THE WICKED. lawless ones. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44. WITHAL. Same as "yet", Psalms 141:5. ESCAPE. pass on [in safety]....