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Verse Psalms 141:4. _LET ME EAT NOT OF THEIR DAINTIES._] This may
refer either to eating things _forbidden by the law_; or to the
partaking in _banquets_ or _feasts in honour of idols_....
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INCLINE NOT MY HEART TO ANY EVIL THING - Hebrew, to a word that is
evil; that is, wrong. The connection seems to demand that the term
should be thus explained. The expression “Incline not” is not
desi...
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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 dist...
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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 accepta...
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EVIL. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44.
WICKED. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44.
MEN. Hebrew. _'ish_. App-14.
INIQUITY. Hebrew. _'avert._ App-44.
EAT: i.e. partake of, or have fellowship with.
DAINTIES. pleasant...
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Prayer for grace to resist the temptation to sin in word and thought
and deed....
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SET A WATCH, O LORD, &C.— Mr. Peters paraphrases these two verses
thus: "I am now going to seek a retreat from the persecutions of my
master Saul, amidst a race of idolaters, who will be curious to
ob...
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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. Sta...
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Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
SET A WATCH, O LORD, BEFORE MY MOUTH ... INCLINE NOT MY HEART TO ANY
EVIL THING, TO PRACTICE WICKED WORKS - (cf. .) God, in judicial...
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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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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?" (MARK 8:36) (The soul is the part of us that...
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TO PRACTISE WICKED WORKS... — The Vulg., _ad excusandas
excusationes,_ following the LXX., not only preserves the expressive
assonance of the original, but probably conveys its meaning better
than the...
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אַל ־תַּט ־לִבִּ֨י לְ דָבָ֪ר ׀ רָ֡ע לְ
הִתְעֹ֘ולֵ֤ל עֲלִלֹ֨ות ׀ בְּ רֶ֗שַׁע
אֶת ־אִישִׁ֥ים פֹּֽעֲלֵי...
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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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Incline not my heart to [any] evil thing, to practise wicked works
with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their (d) dainties.
(d) Let not their prosperity lure me to be wicked as they are...
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_Knewest. With approbation, (Psalm i. 6.; Haydock) my department
towards Saul, and also the dangers to which I was exposed, and the
means of escaping. --- They. Ancient psalters add, "the proud," from...
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How earnest is a child of God, that he should act and live as becometh
a child of God. He knows full well, that unless the Lord keep the
heart, the lips will utter foolishness. And when the Lord dispo...
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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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INCLINE NOT MY HEART TO [ANY] EVIL THING,.... Or "evil word" z, as the
Targum; since out of the abundance of that the mouth speaketh, Matthew
12:34; or to any sinful thing, to the commission of any ev...
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Incline not my heart to [any] evil thing, to practise wicked works
with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
Ver. 4. _Incline not my heart_] Out of the abundance of the heart...
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_Set a watch before my mouth_ That I may not, through mine own
infirmity, and the great provocation of mine enemies, break forth into
any unadvised speeches, or any expressions of impatience, distrust...
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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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1-4 Make haste unto me. Those that know how to value God's gracious
presence, will be the more fervent in their prayers. When presented
through the sacrifice and intercession of the Saviour, they will...
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INCLINE NOT; suffer it not to be inclined or led aside, either by my
own errors or lusts, or by the temptations of the world or of the
devil. Thus God is frequently said to _harden men's hearts_, not...
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Psalms 141:4 incline H5186 (H8686) heart H3820 evil H7451 thing H1697
practice H5953 (H8705) wicked H7562 works H5949 men H376 work H6466
(H8802) iniquity H205 eat H3898 (H8799) delicacies H4516
Incl...
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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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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....
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1 Corinthians 10:27; 1 Corinthians 10:28; 1 Corinthians 10:31; 1
Corinthians 15:33; 1 Kings 22:22; 1 Kings 8:58; 2 Corinthians 6:17;
Acts 10:13; Acts 10:14;...
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Incline not — Suffer it not to be inclined. Heart — Keep me not
only from wicked speeches, but from all evil motions of my heart.
Dainties — The pleasures or advantages which they gain by their
wicked...