Psalms 141:1
LORD, I have called upon thee. Make haste to me. Give ear to my voice when I call to thee.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
In Context
Cross References
Job 7:21And why do thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I shall lay down in the dust, and thou will seek me diligently, but I shall not be.
Psalms 28:2Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
Psalms 69:17and hide not thy face from thy servant, for I am in distress. Answer me speedily.
Psalms 70:5But I am poor and needy. Make haste to me, O God. Thou are my help and my deliverer, O LORD. Delay thou not.
Psalms 143:1Hear my prayer, O LORD. Give ear to my supplications. In thy faithfulness answer me, [and] in thy righteousness.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 141:1
David was in distress when he penned this psalm, pursued, it is most likely, by Saul, that violent man. Is any distressed? Let him pray; David did so, and had the comfort of it. I. He prays for God's favourable acceptance, ver. 1, 2 . II. For his powerful assistance, ver. 3, 4 . III. That others might be instrumental of good to his soul, as he hoped to be to the souls of others, ver. 5, 6 . IV. That he and his friends being now brought to the last extremity God would graciously appear for their relief and rescue,… Read the whole commentary →