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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 141:5-10

Here, I. David desires to be told of his faults. His enemies reproached him with that which was false, which he could not but complain of; yet, at the same time, he desired his friends would reprove him for that which was really amiss in him, particularly if there was any thing that gave the least colour to those reproaches (Ps. 141:5): let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness. The righteous God (so some); ?I will welcome the rebukes of his providence, and be so far from quarrelling... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 141:5

Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness ,.... Or, "smite me in kindness" F1 εν ελεει , Sept. "in misericordia", V. L. "benigne ac clementer", Michaelis. . In love; in a loving and friendly manner, which makes reproofs the more agreeable and effectual. Not the righteous God, as Arama; though he does sometimes smite his people for their sins, Isaiah 57:17 ; that is, reproves, corrects, and chastises them, and that in love and for their good; and therefore such smitings... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 141:6

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 mountains of Gilboa, 1 Samuel 31:1 ; which might be here prophetically spoken of. Or, as it is by some rendered, "when their judges are let down by the sides of the rock" F4 נשמטו בידי סלע "demittentur per loca saxosa", Tigurine version; "demissi sunt in manus petrae", Montanus;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 141:7

Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth ,.... Into which they were not suffered to be put, but lay unburied; or from whence they were dug up, and lay scattered about; which is to be understood of such of David's friends as fell into the hands of Saul and his men, and were slain: perhaps it may refer to the fourscore and five priests, and the inhabitants of Nob, slain by the order of Saul, 1 Samuel 22:18 . Though the phrase may be only proverbial, and be expressive of the danger David... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 141:5

Let the righteous smite me - This verse is extremely difficult in the original. The following translation, in which the Syriac, Vulgate, Septuagint, Ethiopic, and Arabic nearly agree, appears to me to be the best: "Let the righteous chastise me in mercy, and instruct me: but let not the oil of the wicked anoint my head. It shall not adorn ( יני yani , from נוה navah ) my head; for still my prayer shall be against their wicked works." The oil of the wicked may here mean his smooth... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 141:6

When their judges are overthrown in stony places - סלע בידי biyedey sela , "In the hands of the rock." Does this rock signify a strong or fortified place; and its hands the garrison which have occupied it, by whom these judges were overthrown? If we knew the occasion on which this Psalm was made, we might be the better able to understand the allusions in the text. They shall hear my words; for they are sweet - Some think there is here an allusion to David's generous treatment of Saul... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 141:5

Verse 5 5.Let the righteous smite me, etc. While Satan tempts the wicked by his allurements, they, at the same time, deceive one another by flattery, which leads David to declare, that he would much rather be awakened to his duty by the severe rod of reproof, than be seduced through pleasing falsehoods. Among those who hold religion in contempt no reproof is administered to one who has contracted any sin, and, therefore, if we have any concern for our spiritual safety we will connect ourselves... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 141:6

Verse 6 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 optative —let them be thrown down. It appears to me that the sense of David would be made very plain by reading, When their judges have been cast down from the rock, or upon stony places, they shall hear my words. David, on perceiving the rage which the common people expressed towards him,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 141:7

Verse 7 7.As one who breaketh, etc. Here David complains that his enemies were not satisfied with inflicting upon him one death — death of a common description — but must first mangle him, and those associated with him, and then cast them into the grave. The common robber on the highway throws the body of his murdered victim whole into the ditch; David tells us, that he and those with him were treated more barbarously, their Bones being dispersed, as one cleaves wood or stones into fragments,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 141:1-10

1. That prayer may be with him a settled institution ( Psalms 141:2 ). 2. That he may be saved from sins of the tongue ( Psalms 141:3 ). 3. That he may be saved from sins of thought or act ( Psalms 141:4 ). 4. That he may be given grace to welcome reproof ( Psalms 141:5 ). The circumstances of the time are then shortly touched. There has been a severe judgment on the rulers of the people ( Psalms 141:6 ), and a great national calamity ( Psalms 141:7 ), with the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 141:5-10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 141:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 141:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 141:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 141:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 141:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 141:5

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 141:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 141:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 141:1-10

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