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Verse Psalms 141:6. _WHEN THEIR JUDGES ARE OVERTHROWN IN STONY
PLACES_] בידי סלע _biyedey sela_, "In the hands of the rock."
Does this _rock_ signify a _strong_ or _fortified place_; and its
_hands_...
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WHEN ... - This passage is no less difficult than the preceding, and
it seems almost impossible to determine its exact meaning. What is
meant by “judges”? What judges are referred to by the word
“thei...
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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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WHEN. Not in Hebrew text.
JUDGES. rulers. Compare 2 Kings 9:33.
IN STONY PLACES. as by. rock; or, over. rock. Hebrew by the hands of.
rock.
THEY: i.e. the people.
WORDS. sayings. Hebrew. _'imrah._...
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When their judges have been thrown down by the sides of the cliff,
They (or men) will hear my words, that they are sweet....
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It is not difficult to translate these verses, but it seems impossible
to give any satisfactory explanation of them in their present context.
They may be rendered:...
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WHEN THEIR JUDGES— This first verse contains an account of David's
humanity towards Saul, in giving him his life at two several times,
when he had it in his power to destroy him as he pleased, says Mr...
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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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When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my
words; for they are sweet.
WHEN THEIR JUDGES ARE OVERTHROWN IN STONY PLACES, THEY SHALL HEAR MY
WORDS; FOR THEY ARE SWEET - Hebr...
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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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An obscure verse. 'When their judges are flung headlong by the sides
of the crag, then shall they hear my words that they are sweet.'...
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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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This verse again is full of obscurities. The first clause probably
should be rendered, _Let their judges be broken to pieces by the
force_ (literally, _hands_)_ of the rock;_ or, _let their judges be...
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נִשְׁמְט֣וּ בִֽ ידֵי ־סֶ֭לַע
שֹׁפְטֵיהֶ֑ם וְ...
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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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_Living. On the earth, (Berthier) or land of Judea, (St. Chrysostom)
in this life, (Calmet) or in the next. In all, God is our only
protector, and reward, Psalm xv. 5. (Berthier)_...
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If these words be the words of Christ, delivered by David in the
spirit of prophecy (and as they are spoken of one person, they should
seem to be so) perhaps the sense is, "when the great ones of the...
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6._Their judges have been thrown down upon stony places _(240) Almost
all interpreters agree, that the tense of the verb should be changed
from the preterit to the future, and then resolve it into the...
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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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WHEN THEIR JUDGES ARE OVERTHROWN IN STONY PLACES,.... The judges of
David's adversaries, the workers of iniquity; meaning Saul, Abner, c.
Arama refers this to Saul and his sons being slain on the moun...
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When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my
words; for they are sweet.
Ver. 6. _When their judges are overthrown_] As I like just
reprehensions, so I suffer unjust persecutio...
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_When their judges are overthrown_, &c. “Of this verse, as it stands
in our translation,” says Dr. Horne, “I know not what can be made.
When literally rendered from the Hebrew, it runs thus; _Their ju...
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EVENING PSALM IN THE MIDST OF TRIALS.
A psalm of David, a prayer for deliverance from afflictions and from
the enemies who cause them....
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When their judges, that is, the rulers and leaders of the enemies, ARE
OVERTHROWN IN STONY PLACES, cast down into utter destruction, THEY
SHALL HEAR MY WORDS; FOR THEY ARE SWEET. The time would come,...
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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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THEIR JUDGES; the chief of mine enemies, their governors civil and
military. ARE OVERTHROWN; or, _shall be overthrown_, or cast down
headlong by thine exemplary vengeance. Or, as others, were left fre...
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Psalms 141:6 judges H8199 (H8802) overthrown H8058 (H8738) sides H3027
cliff H5553 hear H8085 (H8804) words...
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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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_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 141:6 As the esv footnote explains, the Hebrew
here is difficult. The main point is that eventually God will bring
his judgment upon the JUDGES. Then the faithful person will be
v...
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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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1 Chronicles 10:1; 1 Chronicles 11:1; 1 Chronicles 12:38; 1 Chronicles
13:2;...
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Judges — The chief of mine enemies. Overthrown — Or, cast down
headlong by thine exemplary vengeance. Hear — Hearken unto my
counsels and offers which now they despise....