When their judges: 1 Samuel 31:1-8; 2 Samuel 1:17-27; 1 Chronicles 10:1-7
they shall hear: 2 Samuel 2:4, 2 Samuel 5:1-3; 1 Chronicles 11:1-3, 1 Chronicles 12:38
for they: Psalms 45:2; 2 Samuel 2:5-6, 2 Samuel 23:1; 1 Chronicles 13:2; Luke 4:22
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Psalms 141:6
Psalms 141:6
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Psalms 141 — OverviewPsalms 141 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleDavid was in distress when he penned this psalm, pursued, it is most
likely, by Saul, that violent man. Is any distressed? Let him pray;
David did so, and had the comfort of it. I. He prays for God's
favourable…Psalms 141 — OverviewPsalms 141 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgePsalms 141:1, David prays that his suit may be acceptable; Psalms 141:3, his conscience sincere; Psalms 141:7, and his life free from snares.Psalms 141 — OverviewPsalms 141 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BiblePsalm of David. 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…Psalms 141:1-10Psalms 141:1-10 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION
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 the company of the…Psalms 141:1-10Psalms 141:1-10 · The Pulpit CommentaryAcceptable sacrifices.
The more distinctive teaching of this psalm respects—
I. THE SACRIFICE OF PRAYER. (Psalms 141:2, Psalms 141:8, Psalms 141:9.) When the sacrificial services of the tabernacle (or temple) could…Psalms 141:1-10Psalms 141:1-10 · The Pulpit CommentaryKeep me from the snares.
This difficult psalm seems to be the cry of a greatly tempted soul. And the temptation now did not arise so much from the persecutions of the ungodly as from their seducing favors—what he calls…