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Psalm 141:9

Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of the workers of iniquity.

7“As when one plows and breaks up the earth, our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.”
8For my eyes are on you, LORD, the Lord. I take refuge in you. Don’t leave my soul destitute.
9Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of the workers of iniquity.
10Let the wicked fall together into their own nets while I pass by.
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The snare is laid on purpose, and the plea for God’s protection faces the fear of harm that someone else has planned.

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Where else Scripture says this

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

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Psalm 91:3For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence.Both passages speak of a snare and God’s rescue, one as a plea and the other as an assurance.
Psalm 119:110The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I haven’t gone astray from your precepts.Both describe a snare laid by the wicked; Psalm 119 also speaks of keeping to God’s precepts.
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 describe people setting traps for the speaker, using the language of snares to name deliberate harm.
Psalm 142:3When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, you knew my route. On the path in which I walk, they have hidden a snare for me.Both address God about a snare laid for the speaker, with Psalm 142 stressing God’s knowledge of his path.
Luke 20:20They watched him and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and …Both describe deliberate efforts to trap someone; Luke identifies spies seeking grounds to hand Jesus over to the governor.
Proverbs 13:14The teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn from the snares of death.Both speak of escaping snares, though the psalm asks God for protection and Proverbs describes the help of wise teaching.
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 address God about snares laid for the speaker; Jeremiah also asks for a troop to come against those responsible.
Where this verse fits

Injustice and anger. fear for the future.

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Encouragement

You need not soften the threat when asking God for help. Here, the speaker names deliberate wrongdoing and asks for protection from the Lord in whom he takes refuge.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).