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Verse Psalms 141:8. _BUT MINE EYES_ ARE _UNTO THEE_] In all times, in
all places, on all occasions, I will cleave unto the Lord, and put my
whole confidence in him....
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BUT MINE EYES ARE UNTO THEE, O GOD THE LORD - My hope is in thee. I do
not rely on my own power. I do not trust in my armed forces. I know
that they are weak, dispirited, scattered - like strewed bone...
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PSALM 140-142
These three Psalms are Psalms of David. The third one in this series,
142 is another Maschil, the last Maschil Psalm, being a prayer when
David was in the cave. In these Psalms the distr...
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CXLI. FOR LOYALTY TO GOD AND HIS SAINTS.
Psalms 141:1 f. The Psalmist begs Yahweh to hear his prayer. He utters
this prayer in his house, and in true prophetic spirit hopes that it
will be as acceptab...
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GOD THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ Adonai. App-4.
IS MY TRUST. have. sought refuge. Hebrew. _hasah._ App-69.
MY SOUL. me (emphatic). Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13....
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_But mine eyes_ The conjunction must be rendered For, which gives no
sense in connexion with Psalms 141:7. It must introduce the reason for
the prayers of Psalms 141:1, or for the resolution to contin...
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Concluding expression of confidence, with prayer for preservation and
deliverance....
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BUT MINE EYES, &C.— When we reflect upon the surprising generosity
of David towards Saul, it naturally excites one's curiosity to know
the principle upon which he acted. A conduct so extraordinary mus...
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PSALMS 141
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
A Temptation to Conspiracy Shunned.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 141:1-3, Prayer for Guarded Speech. Stanza II.,
Psalms 141:4-5, Danger from Proffered Hospitalities. St
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But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust;
leave not my soul destitute.
BUT MINE EYES ARE UNTO THEE, O GOD - in the midst of our scattered
and almost extinct state (Psalms 14...
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141:8 destitute. (g-18) Or 'Let not my soul be laid bare' or 'poured
out.'...
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An evening prayer in time of trouble. The Psalmist prays that he may
be strengthened to resist temptation, and so escape the fate of evil
men....
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BUT] better, 'for.'
LEAVE NOT, etc.] RM 'Pour not out my soul,' i.e.let me not die: cp.
Isaiah 53:12....
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Psalms 107:150
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
AN EVENING *PRAYER
PSALMS 141
Jesus said, "What will a man have if he buys the whole world but
loses his own soul?" ...
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Comp. Psalms 25:15....
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כִּ֤י אֵלֶ֨יךָ ׀ יְהֹוִ֣ה אֲדֹנָ֣י
עֵינָ֑י בְּכָ֥ה...
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Psalms 141:1
PART of this psalm is hopelessly obscure, and the connection is
difficult throughout. It is a prayer of a harassed soul, tempted to
slacken its hold on God, and therefore betaking itself...
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HUMILITY
Psalms 141:1-10
This is an evening psalm. Acceptable prayer is as the smoke of incense
rising in the still air, Revelation 5:8; Revelation 8:3-4. Each day we
should ask to be delivered f...
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In this song the influence of the external troubles upon the inner
life of the singer is revealed. Throughout it breathes the spirit of
fear lest the soul should be seduced from the attitude of
whole-...
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Prison. Or the cave. (Calmet) --- As David was never in prison, this
is more applicable to Christ, seized by his enemies, and consigned to
the tomb. (Houbigant) --- Name. God expects it from us, Psalm...
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In the first of these verses we have more speakers than one; but the
Psalmist, turning from the calamities there described, finds comfort
in looking to the Lord; and takes sure confidence in the perfe...
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8._Because to thee, O Jehovah _! _etc_. If we reflect upon what was
comprehended under the previous figure of their bones being broken,
his praying in such circumstances is just as if the torn fragmen...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 140 THROUGH 144.
The five following psalms go over ground which we have trodden over in
detail: only they apply to a restored Israel, still in conflict, and
not...
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BUT MINE EYES ARE UNTO THEE, O GOD THE LORD,.... Not only the eyes of
his body, lifted up to God in prayer, this being a prayer gesture,
John 11:41; but the eyes of his mind, or understanding, especia...
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_But mine eyes [are] unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust;
leave not my soul destitute._
Ver. 8. _But mine eyes are unto thee_] Afflictions to the saints are
_tanquam scalae et alae,_ to mo...
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_But mine eyes are unto thee_ But in this sore distress I fix my
thoughts on thee, _O God, the Lord_, the only living and true God, and
governor of all things; _in thee is my trust_, &c. In thee I rep...
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LEAVE NOT MY SOUL DESTITUTE:
_ Heb._ make not my soul bare...
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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...
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Or, _naked_, as this word signifies, PSALMS 137:7, and Aaron is said
to have _made the people naked_, EXODUS 32:25, i.e. deprived of thy
favour and protection. Or, _do not pour out my soul_, to wit, u...
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Psalms 141:8 eyes H5869 GOD H3069 Lord H136 refuge H2620 (H8804) leave
H6168 soul H5315 destitute H6168 ...
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TRUST
(_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 2:12). _...
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Psalms 141:7
The text presents three contrasts, which we shall do well to consider.
I. Our union with past generations and the intense reality of our
present life. Observe the use of the word "our:...
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Psalms 141:1. _LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear
unto my voice, when I cry unto thee._
You see how a child of God prays when he is in trouble. David says,
«I cry unto thee,» and the...
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CONTENTS: Prayer for God's favorable acceptance and powerful
assistance.
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: Though the snares be placed by the enemy with ever so much
subtlety, God can, and will, s...
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This psalm, like the last, is generally supposed to have been composed
by David during his persecution by Saul, probably when he fled to
Achish. The late Rev. Mr. Peters, a Cornish clergyman, has favo...
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_Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth._
THE SCATTERED BONES AND THE UPLIFTED LOOK
The text presents in a very vivid way an aspect of death most
familiar, but most striking, and it also expres...
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_Lord, I cry unto Thee._
AN INVOCATION FOR THE TRULY DESIRABLE IN HUMAN LIFE: -
I. Divine attention to human aspirations (verses 1, 2).
1. For immediate attention.
2. For favourable attention.
II...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 141:1. This is an individual lament, a
prayer that God will protect the faithful person against all
insincerity and compromise....
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 141:8 The prayer that God would KEEP ME from
falling prey to their schemes becomes a prayer that the WICKED would
FALL INTO THEIR OWN NETS....
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INTRODUCTION
“This Psalm presents,” says Perowne, “some peculiar difficulties
of Interpretation, which, however, are due neither to the words
employed nor to the grammatical construction, but to the e...
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EXPOSITION
ALMOST wholly a psalm of supplication. David is again in danger, and
needs a prompt deliverance (Psalms 141:1). This time the danger seems
to be that he may fall away, and be absorbed into...
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Psa 140:1-13, another psalm of David.
Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent
man; Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they
gathered together for war. T...
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2 Chronicles 20:12; Isaiah 41:17; John 14:18; Psalms 102:17;...