Psalms 141:6
I cried out to you, O Lord. I said: You are my hope, my portion in the land of the living.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
In Context
Cross References
2 Samuel 1:17Then David mourned a lamentation over Saul and over his son Jonathan, in this way.
2 Samuel 5:1And all the tribes of Israel went to David in Hebron, saying: “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
1 Chronicles 10:1Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel fled from the Philistines, and they fell down wounded on mount Gilboa.
1 Chronicles 12:38All these men of war, equipped for the fight, went with a perfect heart to Hebron, so that they might appoint David as king over all of Israel. Then, too, all the remainder of Israel were of one heart, so that they might make David king.
2 Chronicles 25:12And the sons of Judah captured another ten thousand of the men. And they led them to the precipice of a certain rock. And they threw them from the summit, and they were all broken apart.
Luke 4:22And everyone gave testimony to him. And they wondered at the words of grace that proceeded from his mouth. And they said, “Is this not the son of Joseph?”
Matthew Henry on Psalms 141:6-10
Reproofs of the Righteous; Complaints and Petitions. 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. 6 When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet. 7 Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth. 8 But mine eyes are unto thee, O God the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave… Read the whole commentary →