Psalm 141

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 141:5

Psalms 141:5. Let the righteous smite me Namely, by reproofs. If at any time, through the frailty of nature, I should be inclined to yield to temptation, let me find, among my attendants or friends, some righteous and faithful person, who, with kind severity, will check and reprove me. It shall be a kindness I shall be so far from being offended with it, as an act of enmity or ill will, that I shall esteem it an act and mark of true friendship. It shall be an excellent oil Hebrews שׁמן... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 141:6

Psalms 141:6. 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 judges have been dismissed in the sides of the rock,” נשׁמשׂו בירי סלע , “and have heard my words that they were sweet. David, reflecting on Saul’s cruelty in driving him out of his country to wander among aliens and idolaters, very naturally calls to mind, and mentions his own... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 141:7

Psalms 141:7. Our bones are scattered, &c. So barbarously cruel were our enemies that they not only killed many of our friends, but left their carcasses unburied, by which means their flesh, and sinews, &c., were consumed, or torn in pieces by wild beasts, and their bones dispersed upon the face of the earth, our common grave. The words are thought to refer to Saul’s barbarity and cruelty to David’s friends, in the horrid massacre of Ahimelech and the priests, by the hand of Doeg;... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 141:8

Psalms 141:8. 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 repose an assured confidence that thou wilt not leave me without support and protection, much less wilt thou abandon me to the malice of those that seek to take away my life. This verse, says Mr. Peters, shows us what was David’s support under his extraordinary trials: it was a... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 141:9-10

Psalms 141:9-10. Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me Keep me from being taken in it: give me to discover and evade it. If Saul and his evil counsellors be intended in this clause, probably the heathen, to whom David was now driven for refuge, were meant in the next. They were workers of iniquity in the worst sense, being worshippers of idols, and their idols were always snares to the Israelites, as their history informs us, and as they were forewarned by God himself, Judges... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 141:1-10

Psalm 140 - 143 Troubles for the godlyThese four psalms are similar, and from the title of Psalms 142:0 it appears that all four belong to the time when David was fleeing from Saul. (See introductory notes to Psalms 34:0.)Treachery and slander are the chief weapons that David’s enemies use to attack him. These men have the poison of snakes and the cunning of hunters (140:1-5). But Yahweh is David’s God, his defender in whom he trusts for victory (6-8). David’s enemies will receive a fitting... read more

E.W. Bullinger

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 141:5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 141:6

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 141:7

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 141:8

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 141:9-10

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 141:1-10

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 141:1

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 141:2

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 141:3

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 141:4

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