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align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse">The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.</div><div id="jump">Jump to: <a href="/commentaries/barnes/psalms/119.htm" title="Barnes' Notes">Barnes</a> • <a href="/commentaries/benson/psalms/119.htm" title="Benson Commentary">Benson</a> • <a href="/commentaries/illustrator/psalms/119.htm" title="Biblical Illustrator">BI</a> • <a href="/commentaries/calvin/psalms/119.htm" title="Calvin's Commentaries">Calvin</a> • <a href="/commentaries/cambridge/psalms/119.htm" title="Cambridge Bible">Cambridge</a> • <a href="/commentaries/clarke/psalms/119.htm" title="Clarke's Commentary">Clarke</a> • <a href="/commentaries/darby/psalms/119.htm" title="Darby's Bible Synopsis">Darby</a> • <a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/119.htm" title="Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers">Ellicott</a> • <a href="/commentaries/expositors/psalms/119.htm" title="Expositor's Bible">Expositor's</a> • <a href="/commentaries/edt/psalms/119.htm" 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The commandment is a lamp kept burning with the oil of the Spirit, as a light to direct us in the choice of our way, and the steps we take in that way. The keeping of God's commands here meant, was that of a sinner under a dispensation of mercy, of a believer having part in the covenant of grace. The psalmist is often afflicted; but with longing desires to become more holy, offers up daily prayers for quickening grace. We cannot offer any thing to God, that he will accept but what he is pleased to teach us to do. To have our soul or life continually in our hands, implies constant danger of life; yet he did not forget God's promises nor his precepts. Numberless are the snares laid by the wicked; and happy is that servant of God, whom they have not caused to err from his Master's precepts. Heavenly treasures are a heritage for ever; all the saints accept them as such, therefore they can be content with little of this world. We must look for comfort only in the way of duty, and that duty must be done. A good man, by the grace of God, brings his heart to his work, then it is done well.<a name="bar" id="bar"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/barnes/psalms/119.htm">Barnes' Notes on the Bible</a></div>The wicked have laid a snare for me - As men do to take wild beasts or birds. See the notes at <a href="/psalms/119-85.htm">Psalm 119:85</a>. Compare <a href="http://biblehub.com/job/18-8.htm">Job 18:8</a>, note; <a href="http://biblehub.com/job/18-10.htm">Job 18:10</a>, note; <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/9-15.htm">Psalm 9:15</a>, note; <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/69-22.htm">Psalm 69:22</a>, note. See also <a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/119-61.htm">Psalm 119:61</a>, <a href="/psalms/119-69.htm">Psalm 119:69</a>.<p>Yet I erred not from thy precepts - Notwithstanding the danger to which I was exposed, I maintained a steadfast adherence to thy commandments. I was not deterred from obeying them by any peril which beset me. <a name="jfb" id="jfb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/jfb/psalms/119.htm">Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary</a></div>109, 110. In the midst of deadly perils (the phrase is drawn from the fact that what we carry in our hands may easily slip from them, Jud 12:3; 1Sa 28:21; Job 13:14; compare 1Sa 19:5), and exposed to crafty enemies, his safety and guidance is in the truth and promises of God.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/poole/psalms/119.htm">Matthew Poole's Commentary</a></div>Ver. 110. No text from Poole on this verse. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="gil" id="gil"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gill/psalms/119.htm">Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible</a></div>The wicked have laid a snare for me,.... To draw him into sin, and so into mischief; and even to take away his life, as they are said to dig pits for him, <a href="/psalms/119-85.htm">Psalm 119:85</a>; <p>yet I erred not from thy precepts: not wilfully and wickedly, though through inadvertence and infirmity, as he often did, and every good man does; and indeed his errors are so many, that they cannot be understood and numbered. The sense is, he kept on in the way of his duty; did not desist from that, or wickedly depart from his God, and his worship, to escape the snares of bad men. <a name="gsb" id="gsb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gsb/psalms/119.htm">Geneva Study Bible</a></div><span class="cverse2">The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.</span></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="comtype">EXEGETICAL (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES)</div><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/cambridge/psalms/119.htm">Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges</a></div><span class="bld">110</span>. An explanation of the preceding verse. His life is threatened by enemies, apparently because of his devotion to the law, but no dangers or persecutions tempt him to indifference or apostasy. Cp. <span class="ital"><a href="/context/psalms/119-85.htm" title="The proud have dig pits for me, which are not after your law....">Psalm 119:85-87</a></span>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="ital">yet I erred not</span>] Yet went I not astray, as <span class="ital"><a href="/psalms/119-176.htm" title="I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant; for I do not forget your commandments.">Psalm 119:176</a></span>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="pul" id="pul"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/119.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 110.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The wicked have laid a snare for me</span> (comp. vers. 85, 95). <span class="cmt_word">Yet I erred not from thy precepts</span>. I have not allowed their machinations to interfere with my obedience. Psalm 119:110<a name="kad" id="kad"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/kad/psalms/119.htm">Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament</a></div>The eightfold Nun. The word of God is his constant guide, to which he has entrusted himself for ever. The way here below is a way through darkness, and leads close past abysses: in this danger of falling and of going astray the word of God is a lamp to his feet, i.e., to his course, and a light to his path (<a href="/proverbs/6-23.htm">Proverbs 6:23</a>); his lamp or torch and his sun. That which he has sworn, viz., to keep God's righteous requirements, he has also set up, i.e., brought to fulfilment, but not without being bowed down under heavy afflictions in confessing God; wherefore he prays (as in <a href="/psalms/119-25.htm">Psalm 119:25</a>) that God would revive him in accordance with His word, which promises life to those who keep it. The confessions of prayer coming from the inmost impulse of his whole heart, in which he owns his indebtedness and gives himself up entirely to God's mercy, he calls the free-will offerings of his mouth in <a href="/psalms/119-108.htm">Psalm 119:108</a> (cf. <a href="/psalms/50-14.htm">Psalm 50:14</a>; <a href="/psalms/19-15.htm">Psalm 19:15</a>). He bases the prayer for a gracious acceptance of these upon the fact of his being reduced to extremity. "To have one's soul in one's hand" is the same as to be in conscious peril of one's life, just as "to take one's soul into one's hand" (<a href="/judges/12-3.htm">Judges 12:3</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/19-5.htm">1 Samuel 19:5</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/28-21.htm">1 Samuel 28:21</a>; <a href="/job/13-14.htm">Job 13:14</a>) is the same as to be ready to give one's life for it, to risk one's life.<p>(Note: Cf. B. Taanth 8a: "The prayer of a man is not answered אלא אם כן משׂים נפשׁו בכפו, i.e., if he is not ready to sacrifice his life.")<p>Although his life is threatened (<a href="/psalms/119-87.htm">Psalm 119:87</a>), yet he does not waver and depart from God's word; he has taken and obtained possession of God's testimonies for ever (cf. <a href="/psalms/119-98.htm">Psalm 119:98</a>); they are his "heritage," for which he willingly gives up everything else, for they (המּה inexactly for הנּה) it is which bless and entrance him in his inmost soul. In <a href="/psalms/119-112.htm">Psalm 119:112</a> it is not to be interpreted after <a href="/psalms/19-12.htm">Psalm 19:12</a> : eternal is the reward (of the carrying out of Thy precepts), but in <a href="/psalms/119-33.htm">Psalm 119:33</a> עקב is equivalent to לעד, and <a href="/psalms/119-44.htm">Psalm 119:44</a> proves that <a href="/psalms/119-112.htm">Psalm 119:112</a> need not be a thought that is complete in itself. <div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/psalms/119-110.htm">Psalm 119:110 Interlinear</a><br /><a href="/texts/psalms/119-110.htm">Psalm 119:110 Parallel Texts</a><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/niv/psalms/119-110.htm">Psalm 119:110 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/119-110.htm">Psalm 119:110 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/119-110.htm">Psalm 119:110 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/119-110.htm">Psalm 119:110 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/119-110.htm">Psalm 119:110 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://bibleapps.com/psalms/119-110.htm">Psalm 119:110 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="/psalms/119-110.htm">Psalm 119:110 Parallel</a><br /><a href="http://bibliaparalela.com/psalms/119-110.htm">Psalm 119:110 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="http://holybible.com.cn/psalms/119-110.htm">Psalm 119:110 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="http://saintebible.com/psalms/119-110.htm">Psalm 119:110 French Bible</a><br /><a href="http://bibeltext.com/psalms/119-110.htm">Psalm 119:110 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br /></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td align="center"><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="../psalms/119-109.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 119:109"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 119:109" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../psalms/119-111.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 119:111"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 119:111" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>