Psalms 141
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David makes prayer for God's acceptance and assistance | ||
| «A Psalm. Of David.» Lord, I have made my cry to you; come to me quickly; give ear to my voice, when it goes up to you. | A Psalm by David. Yahweh, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you. | |
Verse 1 WEB A Psalm by David. Yahweh, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you. KJV A Psalm of David. LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee. TSK A. M. 2946. B.C. 1058. make haste: ps 40:13, ps 69:17,18, ps 70:5, ps 71:12, ps 143:7, job 7:21 |
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| Let my prayer be ordered before you like a sweet smell; and let the lifting up of my hands be like the evening offering. | Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice. | |
Verse 2 WEB Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice. KJV Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. TSK Let my prayer: pr 15:8; set forth: ps 5:3; as incense: ex 30:7-9,34-38, le 10:1,2, le 16:11-13, nu 16:35,46-48, mal 1:11, lu 1:9,10, re 5:8, re 8:3,4; the lifting: ps 28:2, ps 63:4, ps 134:2, 1ti 2:8; the evening: ex 29:39,42, 1ki 18:36, ezr 9:4, da 9:21, ac 3:1 |
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| O Lord, keep a watch over my mouth; keep the door of my lips. | Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips. | |
Verse 3 WEB Set a watch, Yahweh, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips. KJV Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. TSK Set a watch: ps 17:3-5, ps 39:1, ps 71:8, mic 7:5, jas 1:26, jas 3:2 |
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| Keep my heart from desiring any evil thing, or from taking part in the sins of the evil-doers with men who do wrong: and let me have no part in their good things. | Don’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. | |
Verse 4 WEB Don’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. KJV Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties. TSK Incline not: ps 119:36, de 2:30, de 29:4, 1ki 8:58, 1ki 22:22, isa 63:17, mt 6:13, jas 1:13; to practise: 1co 15:33, 2co 6:17, re 18:4; and let me: nu 25:2, pr 23:1-3,6-8, da 1:5-8, ac 10:13,14, 1co 10:27,28,31 |
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That God would appear for his rescue | ||
| Let the upright give me punishment; and let the god-fearing man put me in the right way; but I will not let the oil of sinners come on my head: when they do evil I will give myself to prayer. | Let 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. | |
Verse 5 WEB Let 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. KJV Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities. TSK the righteous: 1sa 25:31-34, 2sa 12:7-13, 2ch 16:7-10, 2ch 25:16, pr 6:23, pr 9:8,9, pr 15:5,22, pr 19:25, pr 25:12, pr 27:5,6, ga 2:11-14, ga 6:1, re 3:19; for yet my: ps 51:18, ps 125:4, mt 5:44, 2ti 1:16-18, jas 5:14-16 |
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| When destruction comes to their judges by the side of the rock, they will give ear to my words, for they are sweet. | Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. They will hear my words, for they are well spoken. | |
Verse 6 WEB Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. They will hear my words, for they are well spoken. KJV When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet. TSK When their judges: 1sa 31:1-8, 2sa 1:17-27, 1ch 10:1-7; they shall hear: 2sa 2:4, 2sa 5:1-3, 1ch 11:1-3, 1ch 12:38; for they: ps 45:2, 2sa 2:5,6, 2sa 23:1, 1ch 13:2, lu 4:22 |
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| Our bones are broken up at the mouth of the underworld, as the earth is broken by the plough. | “As when one plows and breaks up the earth, our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.” | |
Verse 7 WEB “As when one plows and breaks up the earth, our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.” KJV Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth. TSK bones: ps 44:22, 1sa 22:18,19, ro 8:36, 2co 1:9, heb 11:37, re 11:8,9 |
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| But my eyes are turned to you, O Lord God: my hope is in you; let not my soul be given up to death. | For my eyes are on you, Yahweh, the Lord. In you, I take refuge. Don’t leave my soul destitute. | |
Verse 8 WEB For my eyes are on you, Yahweh, the Lord. In you, I take refuge. Don’t leave my soul destitute. KJV But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. TSK mine eyes: ps 25:15, ps 123:1,2, 2ch 20:12; leave not my soul destitute: ps 25:16,17, ps 102:17, ps 143:3,4, isa 41:17, joh 14:18 |
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| Keep me from the net which they have put down for me, and from the designs of the workers of evil. | Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of the workers of iniquity. | |
Verse 9 WEB Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of the workers of iniquity. KJV Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity. TSK from the snares: ps 119:110, ps 140:5, ps 142:3, pr 13:14, jer 18:22, lu 20:20 |
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| Let the sinners be taken in the nets which they themselves have put down, while I go free. | Let the wicked fall together into their own nets, while I pass by. | |
Verse 10 WEB Let the wicked fall together into their own nets, while I pass by. KJV Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape. TSK the wicked: ps 7:15,16, ps 35:8, ps 37:14,15, ps 64:7,8, ps 140:9, es 7:10, pr 11:8 |
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