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Give Ear to My Voice

1 O Lord, I call upon you; 1hasten to me! Give ear to my voice when I call to you!
2 Let 2my prayer be counted as incense before you, and 3the lifting up of my hands as 4the evening sacrifice!
3 5Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; 6keep watch over the door of my lips!
4 7Do not let my heart incline to any evil, to busy myself with wicked deeds in company with men who 8work iniquity, and 9let me not eat of their delicacies!
5 10Let a righteous man strike me—it is a kindness; let him rebuke me—it is oil for my head; let my head not refuse it. Yet 11my prayer is continually against their evil deeds.
6 When their judges are 12thrown over the cliff, [a] then they shall hear my words, for they are pleasant.
7 As when one plows and breaks up the earth, so shall our bones 13be scattered at the mouth of Sheol. [b]
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Psalm 141:1-7 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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Cross References 13

  • 1. 141:1 Ps. 40:13; 70:5
  • 2. 141:2 Luke 1:10; Rev. 5:8; 8:3, 4
  • 3. 141:2 See Ps. 28:2
  • 4. 141:2 See Ex. 29:41
  • 5. 141:3 Ps. 34:13
  • 6. 141:3 Mic. 7:5
  • 7. 141:4 Ps. 119:36
  • 8. 141:4 ver. 9; Ps. 94:4
  • 9. 141:4 Prov. 23:6
  • 10. 141:5 [Prov. 9:8; 19:25; 25:12; 27:6; Eccles. 7:5]
  • 11. 141:5 [Ps. 109:4]
  • 12. 141:6 2 Chr. 25:12; [Luke 4:29]
  • 13. 141:7 Ps. 53:5; [Ezek. 37:1]

Footnotes 2

  • [a] 141:6 Or 'When their judges fall into the hands of the Rock'
  • [b] 141:7 The meaning of the Hebrew in verses 6, 7 is uncertain
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®) © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved. ESV Text Edition: 2025

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