Psalm 141

My eyes are set on you, LORD.

 


 

MY EYES ARE SET ON YOU, LORD

A Psalm by David.

 

VERSE 1. LORD, I have called on you. Come to me quickly! Listen to my voice when I call to you.

 

VERSE 2. Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.

like incense. David envisions his own prayers rising up to the LORD like smoke rising from incense.

lift up my hands. In the Bible, lifting your hands when you pray is the norm. Most Pentecostals and Charismatics do that. But strangely, few other Christians do. Read more »

 

VERSE 3. Set a watch, LORD, before my mouth. Keep the door of my lips.

my mouth … my lips. The Bible calls us to use our words to uplift other people. However, many Christians use their words to tear down other people. They should say nothing. Read more »

 

VERSE 4. Don’t incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. Don’t let me eat of their delicacies.

my heart. It is so important to have a heart that desires God.

We keep careful watch over it so that we don’t become self-centered. Or evil.

 

VERSE 5. Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; don’t let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.

 

VERSE 6. Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock. They will hear my words, for they are well spoken.

by the sides of the rock. That is, evil rulers will be thrown down from cliffs.

 

VERSE 7. “As when one plows and breaks up the earth, our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.”

 

VERSE 8. For my eyes are on you, LORD, the Lord. In you, I take refuge. Don’t leave my soul destitute.

my eyes are on you, LORD. David’s eyes are fixed on the Sovereign LORD.

Even when life itself seems to fall apart, David is centered on the LORD God of Israel.

Seeking the kingdom of God is to be our number one priority. Yet for many of us, our use of time and money show that it is a low priority. Read more »

 

VERSE 9. Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me, from the traps of the workers of iniquity.

snares … traps. Evil people set snares for the righteous. They try to trap the righteous and bring them down.

 

VERSE 10. Let the wicked fall together into their own nets, while I pass by.

their own nets. David prays that he not fall into the traps set by the wicked, but that they themselves fall into their own traps.

Ultimately, they will reap what they have sown.

There is a law of “sowing and reaping” throughout the Bible. How shall we reconcile it with grace and mercy? Here are the verses we’ve found »

 


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Deuterocanonical chapter: 151

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