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Psalm 119:110

The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven’t gone astray from your precepts.

108Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. LORD, teach me your ordinances.
109My soul is continually in my hand, yet I won’t forget your law.
110The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven’t gone astray from your precepts.
111I have taken your testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.
112I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end. SAMEKH
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Notice

The snare names a deliberate threat, while “yet” marks the writer’s refusal to let another person’s evil turn him from God’s precepts.

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Where else Scripture says this

8 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 140:5The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah.Both verses describe enemies laying snares for the speaker, using the language of traps to name deliberate harm.
Psalm 119:95The wicked have waited for me, to destroy me. I will consider your statutes.Both verses pair the wicked’s plans against the speaker with his continued attention to God’s instruction.
Psalm 141:9Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of the workers of iniquity.Both speakers face snares laid by evildoers; one declares faithfulness to God’s precepts, while the other asks God for protection.
Psalm 119:10With my whole heart I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments.Both verses concern staying with God’s commands: one declares that the speaker has not strayed, and the other asks help against wandering.
Jeremiah 18:22Let a cry be heard from their houses when you bring a troop suddenly on them; for they have dug a pit to take me and hidden snares for my feet.Both speakers describe enemies laying snares for them; Jeremiah also asks for judgment on those who set the traps.
Daniel 6:10When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his room toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled on his knees three …The shared thread is persistence in devotion to God: the psalmist keeps his precepts, and Daniel continues his established prayer.
Luke 20:19–26The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him that very hour, but they feared the people—for they knew he had spoken this parable against them.Both passages describe targeted hostility: the psalm names a laid snare, while Luke describes leaders seeking to seize Jesus.
Proverbs 1:11–12If they say, “Come with us. Let’s lie in wait for blood. Let’s lurk secretly for the innocent without cause.Both passages describe deliberate schemes against another person: a laid snare in the psalm and an ambush in Proverbs.
Where this verse fits

Injustice and anger. work conflict. temptation.

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Read verses 109–112 and underline each statement of resolve

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Encouragement

The writer does not say the snare is gone. His testimony leaves room for danger that persists while God’s precepts still govern his steps.

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