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Psalms 119:110

The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.

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נָתְנ֬וּnatenvgiveנָתַןverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “give”, a completed actionH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…רְשָׁעִ֣יםreshaimguiltyרָשָׁעadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “guilty”, the ordinary formH7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person[phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.פַּ֣חpachplateפַּחnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “plate”, the ordinary formH6341a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)gin, (thin) plate, snare.לִ֑יlitoלִ֑יpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to”toוּ֝מִפִּקּוּדֶ֗יךָumipiqudeykhaand from commandmentפִּקּוּדconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and from commandment”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6490properly, appointed, i.e. a mandate (of God; plural only, collectively, for the Law)commandment, precept, statute.לֹ֣אlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…תָעִֽיתִיtaitideceiveתָּעָהverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “deceive”, a completed actionH8582to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both(cause to) go astray, deceive, dissemble, (cause to, make to) err, pant, seduce, (make to) stagger, (cause to) wander, be out of the way.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The wicked have laid a snare for me; yet went I not astray from Thy precepts.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The wicked have laid a snare for me; Yet have I not gone astray from thy precepts.

Young’s Literal Translation

The wicked have laid a snare for me, And from thy precepts I wandered not.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

The wicked have laid a snare for me; but I have not wandered from thy precepts.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The wicked have laid a snare for me; yet went I not astray from Thy precepts.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Sinners spread a snare for me; but I erred not from thy commandments.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἔθεντο ἁμαρτωλοὶ παγίδα μοι, καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἐντολῶν σου οὐκ ἐπλανήθην.