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PsalmsPsa 140:10 PsalmsPsa 141 PsalmsPsa 141:2

A David Psalm God , come close. Come quickly! Open your ears—it's my voice you're hearing! Treat my prayer as sweet incense rising; my raised hands are my evening prayers.

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Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities; Prayer;

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Incense; Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms; People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Cry, Crying;

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Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Lord, I call on you; hurry to help me.Listen to my voice when I call on you.

Hebrew Names Version
<> LORD, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you.

King James Version
Lord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.

English Standard Version

Contextual Overview

¹A David Psalm God , come close. Come quickly! Open your ears—it's my voice you're hearing! Treat my prayer as sweet incense rising; my raised hands are my evening prayers. ³Post a guard at my mouth, God , set a watch at the door of my lips. Don't let me so much as dream of evil or thoughtlessly fall into bad company. And these people who only do wrong— don't let them lure me with their sweet talk! May the Just One set me straight, may the Kind One correct me, Don't let sin anoint my head. I'm praying hard against their evil ways! Oh, let their leaders be pushed off a high rock cliff; make them face the music. Like a rock pulverized by a maul, let their bones be scattered at the gates of hell.

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Bible Verse Review
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am 2946, bc 1058

make haste: Psalms 40:13, Psalms 69:17, Psalms 69:18, Psalms 70:5, Psalms 71:12, Psalms 143:7, Job 7:21

Reciprocal: Psalms 38:22 - Make Psalms 64:1 - Hear Psalms 88:2 - General Psalms 142:1 - with my voice Malachi 3:3 - an Luke 18:39 - but

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Gill's Notes on the Bible

Lord, I cry unto thee,.... With great earnestness, importunity, and fervency, being in distress; and knowing vain was the help of man, and that none could deliver him but the Lord, and therefore continued crying unto him for help w;

make haste unto me; which shows he was in a desperate condition; that he could not help himself, nor could any creature, only the Lord; and he was at a distance from him, as it seemed to him, and he delayed assistance; and therefore desires he would immediately draw nigh and be a present help in his time of need, and work speedy deliverance for him, his case requiring haste;

give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee; a request the psalmist frequently makes, not contenting himself with prayer, without desiring and looking for an answer to it.

w "Auxilium vocat, et duros conclamat agrestes", Virgil.

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Lord, I cry unto thee - In view of my perils; in view of the suggestions of my friends; in view of my temptation to do a wrong thing at their advice, and with the prospect of the advantage which it might seem to be to me.

Make haste unto me - To save me from all this danger: the danger from my enemies; the danger from the counsels of my friends. See the notes at Psalms 22:19; compare Psalms 40:13; Psalms 70:1, Psalms 70:5; Psalms 71:12. The meaning is, that there is need of immediate interposition. There is danger that I shall be overcome; that I may be tempted to do a wrong thing; that I may be ruined if there is any delay.

Give ear unto my voice ... - See the notes at Psalms 5:1.

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Clarke's Notes on the Bible

PSALM CXLI

The psalmist prays that his devotions may be accepted, 1, 2.

That he may be enabled so to watch that he do not offend with

his tongue; and that he may be preserved from wickedness, 3, 4.

His willingness to receive reproof, 5.

He complains of disasters, 6, 7.

His trust in God, and prayer against his enemies, 8-10.

NOTES ON PSALM CXLI

This Psalm is generally attributed to David, and considered to have been composed during his persecution by Saul. Some suppose that he made it at the time that he formed the resolution to go to Achish, king of Gath; see 1 Samuel 27:1-3. It is generally thought to be an evening prayer, and has long been used as such in the service of the Greek Church. It is in several places very obscure.

Verse Psalms 141:1. Lord, I cry unto thee — Many of David's Psalms begin with complaints; but they are not those of habitual plaint and peevishness. He was in frequent troubles and difficulties, and he always sought help in God. He ever appears in earnest; at no time is there any evidence that the devotion of David was formal. He prayed, meditated, supplicated, groaned, cried, and even roared, as he tells us, for the disquietude of his soul. He had speedy answers; for he had much faith, and was always in earnest.

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Psalms 141:1

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A Psalm of David.

A psalm of David.

A psalm of David.

(A psalm by David.)

A Psalm of David.

A praise song of David.

A psalm of David.

A Psalm of David.

A psalm of David.

A Psalm of David.

A Psalm of David.

Contextual Overview

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Bible Verse Review
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