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Psalm 141:1-6

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Protection from Sin and Sinners

A Davidic psalm.

1 Lord, I call on You;[a] hurry to [help] me. Listen to my voice when I call on You.
2 May my prayer be set before You as incense, the raising of my hands as the evening offering.
3 Lord, set up a guard for my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips.
4 Do not let my heart turn to any evil thing or wickedly perform reckless acts with men who commit sin.[b] Do not let me feast on their delicacies.
5 Let the righteous one strike me- it is [an act of] faithful love; let him rebuke me- it is oil for my head; let me[c] not refuse it. Even now my prayer is against the evil acts of the wicked.[d]
6 When their rulers[e] will be thrown off the sides of a cliff,[f] the people[g] will listen to my words, for they are pleasing.
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Psalm 141:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 141

\\<>\\. This psalm was written about the same time, and upon the same occasion, as that going before and what follows after; even when David was persecuted by Saul, and when he was in great danger of his enemies, and snares were laid for his life.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Footnotes 7

  • [a] Ps 17:6; 31:17; 88:9
  • [b] Ps 6:8; Jb 34:8-10
  • [c] Lit my head
  • [d] Lit of them
  • [e] Or judges
  • [f] 2 Ch 25:12
  • [g] Lit cliff, and they
Holman Christian Standard Bible ® Copyright © 2003, 2002, 2000, 1999 by Holman Bible Publishers.  Used by permission.  All rights reserved.

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