New English Translation
Psalms 141:7
7As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
Psalms 141:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
- New International Version (NIV)They will say, “As one plows and breaks up the earth, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of the grave.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)As when one plows and breaks up the earth, so shall our bones be scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Our bones are scattered at the mouth of the grave, As when one plows and breaks up the earth.
Context of Psalms 141:7
5May the godly strike me in love and correct me! May my head not refuse choice oil! Indeed, my prayer is a witness against their evil deeds. 6They will be thrown down the side of a cliff by their judges. They will listen to my words, for they are pleasant. As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol. 8Surely I am looking to you, O sovereign Lord. In you I take shelter. Do not expose me to danger! 9Protect me from the snare they have laid for me, and the traps the evildoers have set.
Read all of Psalms 141Psalms 141:7 word by word
כְּמ֤וֹ פֹלֵ֣חַ וּבֹקֵ֣עַ בָּאָ֑רֶץ נִפְזְר֥וּ עֲ֝צָמֵ֗ינוּ לְפִ֣י שְׁאֽוֹל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 141:7
- Psalms 44:22Yet because of you we are killed all day long; we are treated like sheep at the slaughtering block.
- 1 Samuel 22:18Then the king said to Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests!” So Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests. He killed on that day eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod.
- Romans 8:36As it is written, “For your sake we encounter death all day long; we were considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
- 2 Corinthians 1:9Indeed we felt as if the sentence of death had been passed against us, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead.
- Hebrews 11:37They were stoned, sawed apart, murdered with the sword; they went about in sheepskins and goatskins; they were destitute, afflicted, ill-treated
- Revelation 11:8Their corpses will lie in the street of the great city that is symbolically called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was also crucified.
Commentaries on Psalms 141:7
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Our bones are scattered at the grave‘s mouth - We are, indeed, now like bones scattered in the places of graves; we seem to be weak, feeble, disorganized. We are in a condition which of itself seems to be hopeless: as hopeless as it would be for dry bones scattered when they were buried to rise up and attack an enemy. The reference is to the condition of David and his followers as pursued by a mighty foe. His hope was not in his own forces, but in the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-10Verses 5-10 We should be ready to welcome the rebuke of our heavenly Father, and also the reproof of our brethren. It shall not break my head, if it may but help to break my heart: we must show that we take it kindly. Those who slighted the word of God before, will be glad of it when in affliction, for that opens the ear to instruction. When the world is bitter, the word is sweet. Let us lift our prayer unto God. Let us entreat him to rescue us from the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-10The psalmist prays for rescue and for wisdom. He also looks ahead to the end of evil. The idea that people receive what they deserve (Psalm 141:10) holds the psalm together.Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 7As one who chops wood.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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