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Psalms 141
1Yahweh, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you.
2Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.
3Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.
4Don't incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. Don't let me eat of their delicacies.
5Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don't let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.
6Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. They will hear my words, for they are well spoken.
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, Yahweh, the Lord. In you, I take refuge. 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. A contemplation by David, when he was in the cave. A Prayer.
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Afflictions and Adversities: Prayer In Psalm 141:1–10
A Psalm of David. I call upon You, O LORD; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to You. / May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering. / Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
Afflictions and Adversities: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Psalm 141:7
As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
Anointing of the Body Psalm 141:5
Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.
Company: Evil Psalm 141:4
Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.
Controlling your Thoughts Psalm 141:3
Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
Corporal Punishment Psalm 141:5
Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.
Faith: Exemplified Psalm 141:8
But my eyes are fixed on You, O GOD the Lord. In You I seek refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless.
Faithfulness: Exhibited in Reproving Others Psalm 141:5
Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.
Gluttony: Pray Against Temptations To Psalm 141:4
Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.
Hell: |Sheol| is Translated |Grave| in Av In Psalm 141:7
As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
Humility: Exemplified Psalm 141:5
Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.
Hunting: Fowling Psalm 141:9, 10
Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, and from the lures of evildoers. / Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.
Incense of Prayer Psalm 141:2
May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.
Incense: Prayer Psalm 141:2
May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.
Intercession: Exemplified Psalm 141:5
Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.
Lips Psalm 141:3
Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
Mouths Psalm 141:3
Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
Net: Figurative Psalm 141:10
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.
Oil: Kind Reproof Psalm 141:5
Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.
Our Speech Psalm 141:3
Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
Power of the Tongue Psalm 141:3
Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
Prayer: Importunity In Psalm 141:1, 2
A Psalm of David. I call upon You, O LORD; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to You. / May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.
Psalms: Afflictions Psalm 141:1
A Psalm of David. I call upon You, O LORD; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to You.
Reproof: Declared to Be: An Excellent Oil Psalm 141:5
Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.
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Psalms 141:1-10 This Psalm evinces its authorship as the preceding, by its
structure and the character of its contents. It is a prayer for deliverance from sins to which affliction tempted him, and from the enemies who caused it. PSALM 142
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Psalms 141:1-4 Verses 1-4
Make haste unto me. Those that know how to value God's gracious presence, will be the more fervent in their prayers. When presented through the sacrifice and intercession of the Saviour, they will be as acceptable to God as the daily sacrifices and burnings of incense were of old. Prayer is a spiritual sacrifice, it is the offering up the soul and its best affections. Good men know the evil of tongue sins. When enemies are provoking, we are in danger of speaking unadvisedly. While we live in an evil world, and have such evil hearts, we have need to pray that we may neither be drawn nor driven to do any thing sinful. Sinners pretend to find dainties in sin; but those that consider how soon sin will turn into bitterness, will dread such dainties, and pray to God to take them out of their sight, and by his grace to turn their hearts against them. Good men pray against the sweets of sin.
Psalms 141:5-10 Verses 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.