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Psalms 141:1
1Lord, I am calling to you for help. Come to me quickly! Please listen to what I am saying.
Psalms 141:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Lord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
- New International Version (NIV)I call to you, Lord, come quickly to me; hear me when I call to you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)O Lord, I call upon you; hasten to me! Give ear to my voice when I call to you!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Lord, I cry out to You; Make haste to me! Give ear to my voice when I cry out to You.
Context of Psalms 141:1
Lord, I am calling to you for help. Come to me quickly! Please listen to what I am saying. 2I offer my prayer to you like incense. Please accept it when I raise my hands to you. Accept it like a gift that I offer to you in the evening. 3Lord, keep my mouth safe, so that I do not speak bad things.
Read all of Psalms 141Psalms 141:1 word by word
יְהוָ֣ה קְ֭רָאתִיךָ ח֣וּשָׁה לִּ֑י הַאֲזִ֥ינָה ק֝וֹלִ֗י בְּקָרְאִי־לָֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 141:1
- Psalms 40:13Lord, please save me! Lord, come quickly to help me!
- Psalms 69:17Do not turn away from me, your servant. I am in great trouble, so please answer me very soon.
- Psalms 70:5But I am poor and weak, God. Please hurry to give me help. You are the one who helps me and who saves me. Lord, come quickly to help me!
- Psalms 71:12God, do not stay far away from me. My God, come quickly to help me!
- Psalms 143:7Please answer me soon, Lord. I am losing my strength. Do not turn away from me. If you do, I will join those people who are going down into the deep hole of death.
- Job 7:21You should agree to forgive my sins. You should say that I am not guilty. I will soon die and I will go into my grave. Then you will carefully look for me, but I will not be there.’
Commentaries on Psalms 141:1
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Lord, 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 Psalm 22:19; compare Psalm 40:13; Psalm 70:1, Psalm 70:5; Psalm 71:12. The meaning is, that…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1David prays for God's acceptance and assistance. (1-4) That God would appear for his rescue. (5-10) Verses 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 be as acceptable to God as the daily sacrifices and burnings of incense were of old. Prayer is a spiritual sacrifice, it is the offering up the soul…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2The psalmist urgently prays for rescue. He does not have incense or an evening offering (Exodus 29:38–39), but his prayers and devotion represent those elements (see Isaiah 1:13; Revelation 5:8). uplifted hands: This is a posture of prayer (Psalms 28:2; 88:9; 143:6; Exodus 9:29; 1 Timothy 2:8).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 141
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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