Bible CommentariesWesley's Explanatory NotesPsalms 141
Verse 4
Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties. Incline not — Suffer it not to be inclined. Heart — Keep me not only from wicked speeches, but from all evil motions of my heart. Dainties — The pleasures or advantages which they gain by their wickedness.
Verse 5
Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities. Smite — By reproofs. Break — Not hurt, but heal and greatly refresh me. Calamities — In the calamities of those righteous persons who reproved him. When they came into such calamities as those wherein he was involved he would pity them and pray for them.
Verse 6
When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet. Judges — The chief of mine enemies. Overthrown — Or, cast down headlong by thine exemplary vengeance. Hear — Hearken unto my counsels and offers which now they despise.
Verse 7
Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth. Our bones — Our case is almost as hopeless as of those who are dead, and whose bones are scattered in several places.
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